Four Steps Toward Improving Regional Water Security The solutions in Asia and the Pacific: explore groundwater abstraction options, build efficient water infrastructure, develop better data, and improve water management, particularly for agriculture.
Enhancing the Role of Business: A Roadmap for Economic Transformation A policy action plan for Myanmar provides a step-by-step guide on how to stimulate private sector development.
Five Lessons Asia Must Learn to Survive the Next Crisis Asia may have survived the 2008 global economic crisis, but it’s not out of the woods yet. Here are five things the region’s financial systems must address to withstand the next big shock.
Assessing the Impacts of Excess Capacity An analysis of excess capacity in the People's Republic of China looks at the factors that contributed to overinvestment in manufacturing.
The Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific Pacific island countries need to include climate action in national development plans to lessen the economic costs of climate change.
How to Prepare for El Niño Indonesia could reduce the impact of a prolonged El Niño by easing food import restrictions and strengthening social protection and food security.