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Low-income households were moved from at-risk areas near rail tracks to safe, inclusive housing—pioneering transparent, climate-resilient urban resettlement in Sri Lanka.
Build storage facilities, protect local workers, and develop systems to monitor risks.
Regional financial cooperation has strengthened Asian economies and made them more resilient, but attention toward this important work has waned in recent years.
Using resource-saving technology, new rice varieties, and intercropping of vegetables improve yields and income in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal.
The lessons learned by the Asian Development Bank, which was one of the last organizations to leave Afghanistan[1] in 1980 and one of the first to return in 2002.
Real-time data is critical for reopening borders, managing destinations, and for the industry to build back better from the crisis.
Combining materials processed in a single treatment plant offers cost savings and private sector opportunities in sanitation services.
Regional cooperation can support a well-functioning enabling environment and fast-track the growth of the digital economy.
Experience from a hydropower project in Pakistan shows how construction workers’ welfare, which is usually overlooked, can be served better.
Young people identify digitalization, strong participatory processes, and an inclusive labor market as priorities to improve livelihood opportunities amid COVID-19.