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Mobile apps enable farmers, including women smallholders, to modernize and diversify their production and transact with suppliers and buyers directly.
A new climate-proofed system introduced surface water as the main source of water to conserve diminishing groundwater and reduced saltwater intrusion.
Sea level rise will hike coastal flood losses at least 12-fold by 2100. The benefits of adaptation outweigh the costs, providing returns at least 10 times the investments.
New ADB data underlines the importance of managing public debt effectively as the region emerges from the pandemic amid global uncertainty.
The reliability of statistics is critical for decision makers, researchers and media to understand domestic e-commerce.
In Mongolia, community revolving funds helped poor households develop tourism goods and services aligned with biodiversity conservation.
Proactive integrity checks can improve public trust in law enforcement agencies and advance societal development.
Energy master planning is key to preparing bankable projects that improve municipal heating, lower costs, and help achieve environmental goals.
Efforts focused on revegetation, grazing ban, hydrological connection, and community engagement to restore the wetland ecosystems, boost carbon sequestration, and improve livelihood.
A wide range of new solutions is able to avoid, reduce, collect, recycle, and clean up plastic waste.