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A web-based platform using satellite data and climate scenarios helps urban planners build resilient and livable cities.
Lanzhou, in the People’s Republic of China, has the world's first bus rapid transit with a split station design allowing buses in the same direction to stop on both sides of the platform, easing travel time.
Adjust the tax rate in response to inflation and income growth to sustain its potency in discouraging sugar-sweetened beverages consumption.
Replacing an old barrage with advanced technology vastly improved water and flood control, connectivity, and access to essential social services.
Banking on a growing digital economy, Viet Nam needs to improve IT connectivity and skills, e-payments, logistics, cybersecurity, and consumer trust.
Pseudo-panel methods using repeated cross-sectional surveys, which are less costly and easier to do, may offer a solution to this problem.
A pilot project in the Philippines gives livelihood support and coaching to poor households, which helped them cope better with the COVID-19 crisis.
New ADB data underlines the importance of managing public debt effectively as the region emerges from the pandemic amid global uncertainty.
Large-scale and youth-targeted government policies can mitigate the short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on youth employment in Asia.
The secondary education sector can benefit from government support for private schools and vocational schools.