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Bucking the digital trend, the appetite for cash is driven by such factors as opportunity cost, precautionary motives, aging, and demand from abroad.
Advances in information and communications technology offer economic opportunities for rural populations and can play a significant role in poverty reduction.
It is time to revisit urban strategies and revise the urbanization process and practices to build back better post-pandemic cities.
The Yangtze River Protection Law sets a precedent for legislating policies that support the sustainable development and management of rivers.
Moving systems into a cloud environment future-proofs public services.
In the Republic of Korea, K-water offers smart solutions for managing limited water resources to supply increasing demand in cities.
The vulture collapse in South Asia due to diclofenac has caused health, economic, and cultural issues, driving urgent conservation efforts and the exploration of new biodiversity credit mechanisms.
This piece answers how civil society organizations can collaborate with ADB in its efforts to effectively and sustainably reduce poverty.
Sorsogon City in the Philippines is investigating options for upgrading its open dumpsites to a properly managed landfill.
A financing scheme using Internet of Things gives tricycle drivers access to credit without collateral and promotes discipline in loan repayments.