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A context-sensitive approach in Myanmar is helping to avoid negative impacts and maximize positive results of development projects and programs.
An urban housing project in India is using carefully sequenced interventions to help climate-vulnerable households relocate to safe areas and sustainably rebuild their lives.
To preserve lives and revive the economy, countries need to plan ahead to secure sufficient supplies of the future COVID-19 vaccine.
Granular socioeconomic data assists digital nomads make informed decisions about their destinations and helps policymakers address disparities and foster growth.
Pakistan has worked with the Asian Development Bank and other partners to bring development goals, despite major challenges.
Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.
In STEM education, it is useful to have integrated and multidisciplinary approaches that promote real-life learning and creative and innovative thinking.
Investments should seek to strengthen women’s capacities to anticipate, absorb, and adapt to the impacts of natural hazards and climate change and contribute to sustainable development.
Strategic foresight tools can help policy makers adopt a more proactive approach to solving problems.
Social protection spending and coverage are increasing, yet some countries continue to favor the nonpoor over the poor, and men over women.