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Built in 256 BC, the Dujiangyan system harnesses the power of nature to irrigate farmlands and prevent floods in the People’s Republic of China.
By connecting different modes of transportation, interchange stations make mass transit a convenient option for long-distance trips.
Timor-Leste can improve its business environment by focusing on investment promotion efforts, strengthening investment facilitation, and using a more problem-driven approach.
Timor-Leste can give its coffee industry a push by tapping into the niche market of high-quality, premium coffee.
Here’s what worked and what didn’t for Asian Development Bank’s first regional technical assistance on innovation.
Through machine learning, data from nontraditional sources, such as telcos, are analyzed for credit risk assessment of the unbanked.
The SARS outbreak in 2003 provides insights on how we can mitigate the health and economic impact of COVID-19.
A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.
The Republic of Korea provided vocational training for disabled people in addition to imposing a hiring quota for both public and private employers.
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) shifted the focus to learning from schooling and helped design pedagogy to address learning gaps.