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New technologies, including APIs and SDMX, are revolutionizing data collection and sharing, reducing the data gap in Asia and the Pacific.
Shifting to a low-carbon economy entails drastic reductions in fossil fuel use and emissions as well as structural adjustments.
The World Food Programme uses cash transfers not just to feed the hungry but also to give people purchasing power to buy locally, helping to boost economies.
Policy makers need tools and approaches that help them understand and ensure the economic, social, and environmental symbiosis for sustainable development in Mongolia.
Empowering women to take greater control over their resources would give them the tools for lifelong change.
This piece offers practical advice as to why working with civil society is important in the Pacific and how greater engagement between CSOs, government, and the Asian Development Bank can be achieved.
A fintech company uses blockchain technology and digital IDs to help ensure that aid reaches the right person at the right time.
Combining market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services and conditional social transfers, alleviate poverty while conserving ecosystems.
In Thailand, subsidies, housing grants, educational programs and the leveraging of economies of scale are being used to benefit poor urban dwellers.
Teachers need to continuously hone their competencies to help students adapt to the changing needs of the times.