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A preliminary study in Sri Lanka provides important insights into mechanistic-empirical pavement thickness and overlay design for roadway networks.
To strengthen its skills base, the Philippines complemented basic education reforms with Germany’s system of dual vocational training.
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.
Leveling the playing field for women opens opportunities for countries to increase development gains.
In the Republic of Korea, K-water offers smart solutions for managing limited water resources to supply increasing demand in cities.
Innovative lending practices can convert energy efficiency into high rates of return for companies.
Tajikistan combined irrigation system repairs with agriculture policy reforms to increase food security and farm productivity.
Here is what works: quotas, training, skills matching, mobility, and childcare leave policies.
Hue City in Viet Nam rolled out an action plan for urban development that targets environmental protection, improved livability, and new economic opportunities.
The solutions in Asia and the Pacific: explore groundwater abstraction options, build efficient water infrastructure, develop better data, and improve water management, particularly for agriculture.