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Develop e-learning resources, curricula that include ‘soft skills,’ and education infrastructure to improve learning in Asia and the Pacific.
Lessons from the Republic of Korea’s basic skills guarantee policy show how adaptive testing and guidance can ensure learning continuity amid COVID-19.
The pandemic has called attention to the health and financial well-being of older persons.
A Korean research project finds the complex partial box girder method as an economically feasible alternative to steel box girders.
A Singapore study shows career breaks to care for family hold back not only a woman’s rise in the corporate ladder but also affect her retirement savings.
Public finance, blue bonds, and marine protection tools can reduce risk and mobilize private capital.
In the Philippines, targeted cash grants to help poor students finish high school could double their potential income and lift them out of chronic poverty.
Consultations with stakeholders helped create a well-rounded sustainable and consumption action plan with broad support.
Policy responses to population aging should promote economic growth, higher productivity, and higher income for workers.
A new diagnostic tool can strengthen public institutions, where services are delivered and where corruption and inefficiency often emerge.