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Bangladesh trained 1.5 million people by linking directly to the real-world needs of employers.
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.
Colombia’s capital Bogota has made it safe and easy to travel by bicycle to work or school by creating a 376-kilometer grid of bike paths, called CicloRutas.
Indonesia could reduce the impact of a prolonged El Niño by easing food import restrictions and strengthening social protection and food security.
A pilot project in the Philippines will demonstrate how irrigation canals can be used in producing clean and reliable energy off the grid.
Tablet devices and smartphones can be used to improve learning in public schools by providing real-time data on performance of teachers and students.
One way to counter negative perceptions about technical and vocation education and training (TVET) programs is to promote them through better communications.
As the country reopens, a newly developed macroeconomic model suggests paths forward from the past 3 years of economic disruption.
Experience in India shows a gradual and localized approach based on evidence allows for safer reopening of the economy and reduces infection rates.
Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region suggest managing river basins as single ecological units.