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A high poverty rate among older persons in the Republic of Korea calls for better pension services and welfare programs.
Appreciative Inquiry, Most Significant Change, Social Audit are activities that can be used to engage stakeholders in project evaluation.
Population aging threatens fiscal sustainability unless government takes steps to reduce elderly poverty and manage public spending on pensions and healthcare.
In Pakistan, basmati rice farmers are adopting direct seeding technology to improve farm efficiency and yield.
Analysis using a multidimensional index suggests that regional integration boosts growth and reduces poverty, beyond the usual effect of trade openness.
In the Republic of Korea, the finance sector needs environmental, social, and governance evaluation criteria amid growing shareholder stewardship.
Asian countries are taking a leading role in the development of cryptocurrency.
Protecting and enhancing natural ecosystems and biodiversity can increase resilience in Asia and the Pacific.
Sustainable energy is about more than renewables. Challenges will remain in financing and maintaining energy systems, even after the clean-energy transition is complete.
Regulations need to be aligned to improve the efficiency of environment, social, governance investments.