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Enhancing long-term care systems entails engaging stakeholders, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and establishing legal and regulatory frameworks.
An ADB-supported project in Kolkata awarded flat titles to women as a mechanism to promote women's rights.
Infrastructure that provides access to clean water and adequate sanitation frees women and girls from health and safety risks.
Injecting carbon dioxide into mature oil fields can boost production and store this climate-warming gas underground permanently.
In Kazakhstan, infection among workers at a road upgrading project was avoided because good occupational safety and health measures were in place.
In Bangladesh, improvements in rural roads and markets paved the way for women’s empowerment.
A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.
In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, an urban water project helped women to become water engineers through scholarships, training, and mentoring.
Growing imbalances across regions call for localized development strategies as the country moves toward economic diversification.
Public-private partnerships can help make clean technologies for turning waste into energy accessible to cities.