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Pakistan has worked with the Asian Development Bank and other partners to bring development goals, despite major challenges.
By becoming leaders, girls and young women can contribute to innovation, empathy, and accountability in development programming.
Analysis using a multidimensional index suggests that regional integration boosts growth and reduces poverty, beyond the usual effect of trade openness.
Increased use of geospatial modelling in integrated energy planning highlights gaps in data.
Digital financial services like mobile money can reduce transfer prices and improve transparency, efficiency, and access.
Sri Lanka is transforming its education system to take its economy to the next level.
Using batteries to store energy can help improve the efficiency and flexibility of power systems that are integrating new and renewable energy sources into the grid.
It is time to revisit urban strategies and revise the urbanization process and practices to build back better post-pandemic cities.
Hue City in Viet Nam rolled out an action plan for urban development that targets environmental protection, improved livability, and new economic opportunities.
Coordination between environment, social and economic targets, and sufficient data to monitor progress, are required to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals in Viet Nam.