For sustainable development, universal wellbeing should be the goal, rather than endless growth. Minimizing further growth in human populations is only part of the solution, but an essential part.
Global supply chains link the welfare of disaster-hit companies and their surrounding communities to a network of corporations that have an economic incentive to help them bounce back.
India is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to disasters and it has a lot to share when it comes to preparing for them.
‘Build back better’ is often easier said than done after a disaster, but one example from the People’s Republic of China shows that it can be done well.
Disaster-related displacement is often negative, but can result in more resilient communities under the right circumstances. This can include better management of remittances sent to family members in the disaster zone.
Small Pacific economies are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of disasters on economic growth. Special support systems need to be in place to help them respond.
Contingent financing provides quick, flexible financing for vulnerable countries in the Pacific to respond and rebuild after disasters
Peer-to-peer electricity trading can be a game-changer for off-grid communities.
ADB recently approved new funding to demonstrate the technical and financial viability of this new technology combination in the CAREC region.
For sustainable development, universal wellbeing should be the goal, rather than endless growth. Minimizing further growth in human populations is only part of the solution, but an essential part.
Artificial intelligence could be enormously beneficial to society, and it could also lead to catastrophe. Governments can play a role determining the outcome of AI’s development.
Work done within the home, including caring for children, is extremely important to society but undervalued and poorly tracked.
The poor and middle class are struggling to find affordable housing across the region, but there are some basic steps cities can take to improve the situation.
The cost of disasters far outweighs the resources available for recovery. Microfinance could be one way to fill the funding gap.
Southeast Asian economies are starting to feel the pinch of trade tensions, recession fears and other global trends.
To level the playing field in Asia and the Pacific, women-owned companies need financial backing to support their importing and exporting needs.
Simmering trade disputes are decreasing the beneficial effects of free trade and could in the long-term damage the rules-based order upon which global commerce is based.
