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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.
Structured health assessments guide countries in strengthening climate-ready services, improving infrastructure, and reducing vulnerability across sectors.
Develop e-learning resources, curricula that include ‘soft skills,’ and education infrastructure to improve learning in Asia and the Pacific.
Microfinance anchored on civil society organizations is a promising model in banking the unbanked.
A town in northeast Thailand looks into the feasibility of a design-build-operate scheme for developing a controlled landfill site.
This piece highlights how sustainable tourism development can support the empowerment of women and minorities.
In the People’s Republic of China, biogas plants supply electricity to livestock farms using their wastes and produce organic fertilizer for eco-farming.
Ganzhou’s ancient Fushougou system offers a model of integrated, nature-based flood management for modern communities.
Replacing dispersed coal burning with centralized district heating can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption.
In Kaysone Phomvihane, Lao PDR, good O&M contract management and community support will ensure the sustainability of a new sanitary landfill facility.