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The pandemic has called attention to the health and financial well-being of older persons.
Experience from a hydropower project in Pakistan shows how construction workers’ welfare, which is usually overlooked, can be served better.
A project restores degraded lands, improves climate resilience of landscape ecosystems, and promotes green development in the western regions.
A project assessed the threats facing the Meghna River and worked with stakeholders in ensuring the sustainable supply of safe drinking water for the city.
The Asian Development Bank examines prospects to ramp up efforts for greater utilization of demand-side energy efficiency in Asia and the Pacific.
A study examines the feasibility of applying computer vision techniques to satellite data of the Philippines and Thailand to produce poverty maps.
The tea industry needs to improve productivity and explore value chain opportunities while maintaining quality and brand uniqueness.
Large-scale and youth-targeted government policies can mitigate the short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on youth employment in Asia.
To ensure water security, Singapore has diversified water supply over the last five decades and actively promoted water conservation.
Proper design of policy incentives and the right mix of recycling, incineration, and other waste management methods through integrated planning can help protect public health and the environment in a sustainable way.