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Building the resilience of rice markets is key to ensuring food security amid increasing prices and climate risks in Asia and the Pacific.

Here’s what worked and what didn’t for Asian Development Bank’s first regional technical assistance on innovation.

Rather than leveling an existing forest to build a new business park, JTC Corporation adopted an ecologically sensitive approach that retained the natural elements, thereby creating an environment where both businesses and biodiversity could thrive.

Achieving financial inclusion through technology-based solutions presents both opportunities and challenges in Sri Lanka’s financial sector.  

Modernized facilities and customs reform cut the passage time by over 50% at the busy border crossing in Uzbekistan.

Drones, remote sensing, and other tech-driven solutions make biodiversity monitoring and impact assessment for development projects easier and less costly.

De-risking investments in high-impact, green technologies enabled the large-scale demonstration of energy-efficient production and emission reduction retrofits.

Proper design of policy incentives and the right mix of recycling, incineration, and other waste management methods through integrated planning can help protect public health and the environment in a sustainable way.

Efforts are needed to get third parties engaged in the emissions market. 

The Dhaka and Western Zone grid expansion project is using high-level tech applications to raise efficiency, cut emissions, and build climate resilience.