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The Asian Development Bank has revised its guidelines for project economic analysis, which help ensure investment decisions are based on economic and efficiency considerations.
Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of urban areas to climate change.
Paving roads with fiber-reinforced asphalt mixture and using a pothole detection technology can help keep roads safe and pothole free.
Digital finance promises to be an effective means of reaching the unbanked, but its use must be accompanied by consumer information and education.
In the digital economy, central bankers and regulators face the challenge of ensuring consumer safety and financial stability while promoting innovation in the financial sector.
Pilot projects in the region demonstrate how digital technologies can increase access to finance even in remote areas.
Soil stabilizers can cut the costs, and improve the quality, of rural roads in Southeast Asia.
A preliminary study in Sri Lanka provides important insights into mechanistic-empirical pavement thickness and overlay design for roadway networks.
Pseudo-panel methods using repeated cross-sectional surveys, which are less costly and easier to do, may offer a solution to this problem.
Lessons from Indonesia show digital transformation scales only when industry and digital governance align as one system.