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As Sri Lanka’s population ages, many older people in remote hill villages are being left without adequate support, services, or income security.
Cross-border trade, marketing, and supply chains are reshaping diets across Asia, limiting the effectiveness of national policies.
Strengthening primary and preventive care, promoting early disease detection, and reducing health risks can ease the health crisis.
Early warning is most effective when governance, data, and protocols align, helping health systems act earlier on climate-sensitive risks.
Reforming the calculation of lending rates could improve delinquent loan collection.
A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.
Business sector engagement is key to the success of a German-supported TVET training offer for skilled workers for the wastewater sector in Viet Nam.
Banking on a growing digital economy, Viet Nam needs to improve IT connectivity and skills, e-payments, logistics, cybersecurity, and consumer trust.
A program that subsidized medical expenses during a financial crisis provided the opportunity to help build a resilient health system in Mongolia.
Japanese firms share best practices and technology in live wire maintenance with Electricity of Viet Nam to improve electric power distribution.