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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.

Demographic changes, such as population aging in East Asia, will affect productivity and competitiveness and shape how innovation is created.

A study of four possible futures arising from COVID-19 and climate change impacts offers policy makers guideposts for rebuilding tourism.

The pandemic is having a profound impact on how learning is delivered and how it unfolds for millions of learners all over the world.

In Indonesia, the rural poor gave cash and in-kind contributions to improve and maintain water supply and services.

Targeted policies can help save the fragile enterprises that are at the core of digital transformation.

Prepaid trash bags, container deposit schemes, and semi-aerobic landfills effectively reduce waste in Pacific nations.

The internet has shown a great advantage in the integration, transformation, and upgrading of the People’s Republic of China’s rural economy, especially in the agriculture industry chain.

River infrastructure projects must consider natural flows in project planning to save aquatic ecosystems and downstream communities.

Here’s what worked and what didn’t for Asian Development Bank’s first regional technical assistance on innovation.