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Gender-targeted strategies are needed to improve health care for women under India’s universal medical insurance program.
Here is what works: quotas, training, skills matching, mobility, and childcare leave policies.
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.
COP14 resolutions reinforce ADB’s mandate to support DMCs in meeting their obligations through strengthened safeguards.
To preserve lives and revive the economy, countries need to plan ahead to secure sufficient supplies of the future COVID-19 vaccine.
This piece highlights how sustainable tourism development can support the empowerment of women and minorities.
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.
The Maldives is adopting advanced low-carbon technologies to reduce emissions and diesel imports with the help of the Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism.
Involving forest users in managing and conserving resources while strengthening value chains help curb illegal logging and forest fires.
The Almaty-Bishkek Regional Road Rehabilitation Project enhanced cross-country connections between Almaty and Bishkek to support regional connectivity and trade in Central Asia.