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Empowered women in Bangladesh are taking the lead in bringing much needed urban improvements.
A strategy for increased banking opportunities in Southeast Asia.
A study of Singapore’s Little India helps to develop a practical approach to preserving and enhancing the livability of historic ethnic districts.
Improving access to water and sanitation requires not just investing in infrastructure but also policies that ensure the sustainability of services.
Clean Development Mechanism projects supported by the Future Carbon Fund are reducing greenhouse gas emissions while delivering social, environmental, and economic co-benefits that contribute to sustainable development.
Involving residents from rural communities is key to improve access to markets and commercial areas.
Nepal has made it easier to move goods across borders by updating customs software, constructing a new inland clearance depot, and rehabilitating border access roads.
A preliminary study in Sri Lanka provides important insights into mechanistic-empirical pavement thickness and overlay design for roadway networks.
To strengthen its skills base, the Philippines complemented basic education reforms with Germany’s system of dual vocational training.
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.