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Lessons from the Republic of Korea’s basic skills guarantee policy show how adaptive testing and guidance can ensure learning continuity amid COVID-19.
Strong governance is essential to achieving climate goals, mobilizing resources, and accelerating climate-resilient development.
The Clean Air Scorecard Tool helped the most polluted cities to identify gaps in air quality management and introduce measures to rectify them.
The pandemic has called attention to the health and financial well-being of older persons.
An evaluation of possible project impacts helps preserve culturally and environmentally important sites and protect nearby communities.
The Asian Development Bank has revised its guidelines for project economic analysis, which help ensure investment decisions are based on economic and efficiency considerations.
Secondary cities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America have an opportunity to avoid gridlocked growth patterns and to integrate sustainable energy and transport solutions.
Restoring the globally important Yancheng wetlands required engineering interventions, forest rehabilitation, and capacity building.
Investments include water conservation, ecosystem rehabilitation, disaster prevention, and green growth capacity development.
A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.