Challenges in Harmonizing Food Safety Standards in Central Asia There are no legal conflicts between the standards of the Eurasian Economic Union and Codex Alimentarius, but there is some confusion.
How to Promote Equity Investments in Innovative Firms Knowledge of a startup’s technology, human resources, marketability, and growth potential lowers the risks of venture capital investments.
Moving Forward with Data and Development Statistics Data products such as the Key Indicators series are crucial to evidence-based policymaking.
Identifying Business Opportunities for NGOs This piece answers how civil society organizations can collaborate with ADB in its efforts to effectively and sustainably reduce poverty.
Why We Need to Promote Digital Financial Literacy Digital finance promises to be an effective means of reaching the unbanked, but its use must be accompanied by consumer information and education.
How Globalizing SMEs Can Link India with Mekong Economies A study examines how India can increase its trade and investments in the Greater Mekong Subregion by helping small and medium-size enterprises tap into this market.
Participation Tools for the Pacific - Part 6: Monitoring and Evaluation Appreciative Inquiry, Most Significant Change, Social Audit are activities that can be used to engage stakeholders in project evaluation.
Participation Tools for the Pacific - Part 5: Implementation Community Radio, Participatory Action Research, and Television Drama are some of the implementation tools for communications and behaviour change.
Participation Tools for the Pacific - Part 4: Assessment Baselining, Ten Seed Technique, Seasonal Calendar, Community Mapping, Transect Walk, and Visioning are all participatory tools used for assessment.
Participation Tools for the Pacific - Part 3: Design and Monitoring Framework Problem Tree, Beneficiary Assessment, and Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis are useful tools when preparing the design and monitoring framework for CSO engagement.