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The Sri Lanka Southern Transport Development Project offers lessons in implementing large infrastructure projects involving multiple development partners and affecting many people and communities.
Strengthen regional initiatives by harnessing advances in technology, promoting cross-border technology transfer, and harmonizing policies and standards.
An award-winning project in Bhutan seeks 100% rural electrification and revenue from energy exports using clean energy from hydropower resources.
In Nepal, a project looked at how biochar can improve soil health and crop yields and reduce the importation of carbon-intensive farm inputs.
Myanmar is putting in place a national safeguards system to better balance rapid economic growth and environmental sustainability.
Satellite data was used in climate proofing water supply and wastewater facilities in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city.
Preventing and controlling the spread of deadly diseases from animals to humans require a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach.
Singapore reinvented itself into a world-class city by taking an integrated approach to sustainable urban development.
In Mongolia, ADB supports a new way of banking without collateral to improve credit access for women and small businesses.
In the Philippines, targeted cash grants to help poor students finish high school could double their potential income and lift them out of chronic poverty.