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Replacing an old barrage with advanced technology vastly improved water and flood control, connectivity, and access to essential social services.
Young people identify digitalization, strong participatory processes, and an inclusive labor market as priorities to improve livelihood opportunities amid COVID-19.
Here’s a guide to the applications, technologies, business models, and regulations that should be considered in deploying a microgrid system.
Effective resettlement begins with keeping people at the heart of planning and decision-making.
The widespread loss of natural ecosystems and biodiversity is much more than a conservation issue; countless lives and livelihoods depend on them.
East Asia needs to shift toward a model of economic growth focused on low carbon emissions and more efficient use of resources.
Social protection spending and coverage are increasing, yet some countries continue to favor the nonpoor over the poor, and men over women.
In the Greater Mekong Subregion, environmental assessment for livestock value chains projects helps avoid, minimize, and mitigate environmental, health, and safety risks.
Inclusive business models can effectively reduce inequality, helping vulnerable low-income earners get out of poverty.
Two of five adults in the Asia and Pacific region are overweight or obese and the costs associated with these conditions undermine economic growth as well as the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly on health.