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This study examines the impediments and gaps that hinder the growth of regional trade and ways to reverse declining trade efficiency.
A new climate-proofed system introduced surface water as the main source of water to conserve diminishing groundwater and reduced saltwater intrusion.
A wide range of new solutions is able to avoid, reduce, collect, recycle, and clean up plastic waste.
The region needs integrated and holistic policies to push an ambitious agenda that requires capital, innovation, and new business models and mindsets.
Indigenous peoples can better articulate their role in making sense of a project’s environmental and social impacts through participatory storytelling.
The Industry Employment Network Database helps the Philippines shape more strategic policy and infrastructure plans.
Proactive integrity checks can improve public trust in law enforcement agencies and advance societal development.
Tax reforms aimed at a 10% reduction in smoking prevalence could reduce the population of smokers by 38.7 million and prevent 11.6 million premature deaths.
Policies being undertaken in the Pacific are helping businesses move from the informal to the formal sector and generate better jobs.
A study of nighttime luminosity in Sri Lanka shows an uptake of local economic activities in areas connected by a large-scale road project.