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Implementation of a health and safety plan based on international best practices can protect workers and communities from COVID-19 infection.
Providing a lifeline to workers and businesses most affected by the COVID-19 crisis calls for innovative solutions, such as digital money transfers.
Pilot projects in the region demonstrate how digital technologies can increase access to finance even in remote areas.
Gaps in response funding immediately after disaster can now be addressed through a new form of insurance.
The Asian Development Bank has revised its guidelines for project economic analysis, which help ensure investment decisions are based on economic and efficiency considerations.
Urban planners solicit ideas and solutions from the public in refining Singapore’s master plan.
Singapore’s tiered housing subsidies have made it possible for nearly everyone to own a home in the city-state.
Singapore revives the Bras Basah and Bugis neighborhoods through a 20-year master plan that prioritizes pedestrians and promotes a vibrant street life.
Singapore built an offshore landfill on Pulau Semakau primarily for waste management, but it also ensured that marine life would thrive and it could serve as a public park.
Singapore halted demolition of an old industrial building within a high-tech business park and repurposed it into a vibrant start-up cluster.