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Two of five adults in the Asia and Pacific region are overweight or obese and the costs associated with these conditions undermine economic growth as well as the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly on health.

How local governments in the Philippines are successfully forging multi-million dollar public-private partnership deals.

Injecting carbon dioxide into mature oil fields can boost production and store this climate-warming gas underground permanently.

Early and strong action mitigates health impact, while recovery measures focus on the long term.

A pilot project in Viet Nam will test a heat exchange technology that reuses industrial wastewater for heating and cooling production processes.

To preserve lives and revive the economy, countries need to plan ahead to secure sufficient supplies of the future COVID-19 vaccine.

New digital technologies are a game changer for financial inclusion in Asia, opening up access to financial services for all sectors of society, and in the process helping dispel myths about financial inclusion.

Tajikistan has overcome the challenges of being a mountainous, landlocked country to make development gains across society.

Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.

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.