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Asian countries are taking a leading role in the development of cryptocurrency.
Promoting domestic tourism is essential to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s COVID-19 recovery.
Setting the criteria for classifying environmentally sound investments can help the Republic of Korea transition to a carbon-neutral economy.
An evaluation of possible project impacts helps preserve culturally and environmentally important sites and protect nearby communities.
Technology can help reboot the tourism sector by enabling contactless and digital transactions and mapping COVID-19 infections for disease control.
Smart planning and spending improves public services and raises productivity, attracting more private capital and labor and sustaining growth.
Growing imbalances across regions call for localized development strategies as the country moves toward economic diversification.
Building roads for socioeconomic development depends on an efficient O&M system that considers the difficult topology and fiscal issues.
Two of five adults in the Asia and Pacific region are overweight or obese and the costs associated with these conditions undermine economic growth as well as the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly on health.
Lessons from efforts of the Republic of Korea to help financially vulnerable borrowers before the pandemic can help shape effective measures.