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Regional financial cooperation has strengthened Asian economies and made them more resilient, but attention toward this important work has waned in recent years.

Crises like a pandemic underscore the importance of alternative sources of high-quality and timely data in developing effective measures.

The People’s Republic of China is moving to more technologically sophisticated and more value-creating segments of global value chains.

A study looks at how countries can mobilize sustainable financing to reduce vulnerability among the poor and provide them access to social protection schemes.

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) shifted the focus to learning from schooling and helped design pedagogy to address learning gaps.

Asia may have survived the 2008 global economic crisis, but it’s not out of the woods yet. Here are five things the region’s financial systems must address to withstand the next big shock.

Countries need to adopt new regulations and technologies to counter an estimated $66 million net welfare loss by 2040.

Wholesale and retail trade, textiles, construction, electronics, and food and beverage show high circularity potential. 

Innovative lending practices can convert energy efficiency into high rates of return for companies.

In Kazakhstan, infection among workers at a road upgrading project was avoided because good occupational safety and health measures were in place.