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In a world of disruptive changes, Asian countries need to rethink education and skills training to build a resilient and agile workforce.
Installing wire-rope barriers to separate opposing lanes of traffic can reduce fatal road accidents by 95%.
Scale up local-level adaptation by integrating climate adaptation considerations into decentralized governance processes and resources.
Economic incentives push producers and consumers to use resources more efficiently and reduce environmental costs as well as spur innovative practices.
Sorsogon City in the Philippines is investigating options for upgrading its open dumpsites to a properly managed landfill.
A pilot project in the Philippines gives livelihood support and coaching to poor households, which helped them cope better with the COVID-19 crisis.
A town in northeast Thailand looks into the feasibility of a design-build-operate scheme for developing a controlled landfill site.
In India, auctions were found to be better than regulator-designed tariffs in determining the procurement price for solar-generated electricity.
The development of transportation infrastructure served as a linchpin of rapid economic growth in the Republic of Korea.
This piece offers practical advice as to why working with civil society is important in the Pacific and how greater engagement between CSOs, government, and the Asian Development Bank can be achieved.