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Financial readiness and pre-arranged support reduce delays, protect budgets, and enable faster, more efficient rebuilding.
New ADB data underlines the importance of managing public debt effectively as the region emerges from the pandemic amid global uncertainty.
A district heating project taps the help of private sector companies to promote higher energy efficiency and lower emissions.
Water tariff reforms coupled with personnel training, social contracts, and technology updates can make water utilities more efficient.
Circular practices, such as extending a product’s useful life or recycling waste into products, can yield environmental as well as economic benefits.
The poorest of the poor need sustained and integrated assistance in order to overcome the multidimensional problems of poverty.
Empowered women in Bangladesh are taking the lead in bringing much needed urban improvements.
The Korean government has employed comprehensive policy measures to manage household debt risks.
High upfront costs and lack of incentives impede fuel efficiency initiatives in road freight in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
In the People's Republic of China, Yichang city is building a sustainable urban transport system with a bus rapid transit corridor as its backbone.