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The solutions in Asia and the Pacific: explore groundwater abstraction options, build efficient water infrastructure, develop better data, and improve water management, particularly for agriculture.
Using a tablet or smartphone to conduct survey interviews makes it easier and faster to benchmark progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
With the help of digital technology, faster and larger amounts of aid can reach those affected by disasters.
Create an enabling environment with strong policies, institutions, and financial systems that support solutions that can adapt to changing needs.
Equipping policymakers to turn evaluation lessons into integrated, resilient health reforms across Asia and the Pacific.
With the People's Republic of China and Indonesia as centers of excellence, a regional program demonstrates how the technology can reduce carbon intensity.
A multitude of positive gender impacts are possible through small infrastructure investments.
Experience from a hydropower project in Pakistan shows how construction workers’ welfare, which is usually overlooked, can be served better.
From a policy and economic standpoint, a paid sick leave program for COVID-19 is cost-effective in promoting behaviors that reduce disease spread.
This piece offers practical advice as to why working with civil society is important in the Pacific and how greater engagement between CSOs, government, and the Asian Development Bank can be achieved.