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The Asian Development Bank has revised its guidelines for project economic analysis, which help ensure investment decisions are based on economic and efficiency considerations.
In the People’s Republic of China, a study shows pension income in rural areas improves economic independence and health of older people.
Targeted, strategic, and innovative measures are needed to ensure edtech effectively promotes inclusiveness for marginalized and vulnerable children.
Plans, policies, projects, and partnerships should deliver concurrently on these imperatives: access to renewables, energy efficiency, and coal phaseout.
Embracing technology for financial service delivery benefits both women-led enterprises and financial institutions.
An analysis of excess capacity in the People's Republic of China looks at the factors that contributed to overinvestment in manufacturing.
In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, an urban water project helped women to become water engineers through scholarships, training, and mentoring.
The lessons learned by the Asian Development Bank, which was one of the last organizations to leave Afghanistan[1] in 1980 and one of the first to return in 2002.
Southeast Asia is home to some of the most climate change-vulnerable countries in the world. It is imperative that ASEAN benefits from COP24.
Singapore’s limited land availability did not prevent the National Parks Board from providing open recreational spaces through its Park Connector Network, which converts underused spaces along existing infrastructure into green public spaces that create a sense of openness and livability.