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Beyond #MeToo: How to smash glass ceilings and empower women leaders

By Helen Clark on Friday, 20 April 2018

Barriers to women leadership must be tackled head-on, and there are proven ways of breaking through.
Will automation create jobs, or destroy them?

By Sameer Khatiwada on Thursday, 19 April 2018

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a challenge, but also an opportunity for the region to create jobs and deepen its hard-won prosperity.
6 ways to deploy ICT for quality education

By Sungsup Ra, Lim Cher Ping on Tuesday, 17 April 2018

For developing Asia to realize the potential of ICT in education, it must become an integral part of the learning and teaching process.
Next generation of quality development, investment in new TPP

By Grant Stillman on Monday, 16 April 2018

There’s more to the revised mega regional Pacific Rim trade agreement than the US withdrawal.
How fintech can accelerate financial inclusion in Indonesia

By Arup Kumar Chatterjee, Poornima Jayawardana on Friday, 13 April 2018

For the country to take full advantage of financial technology, 3 significant steps need to be taken.
Time to dismantle legal barriers to climate finance in Asia-Pacific

By Takako Morita on Wednesday, 11 April 2018

Most developing countries are ill equipped to handle an influx of international climate finance. Fiji and Lao PDR, though, are making progress.
How blockchain can rebuild consumer trust in insurance

By Arup Kumar Chatterjee on Tuesday, 10 April 2018

Blockchain can provide a secure, transparent, and verifiable mechanism to establish provable good faith in insurance transactions.
Strengthening resilience key to sustainable development in Asia-Pacific

By Bambang Susantono, Haoliang Xu, Shamshad Akhtar on Monday, 09 April 2018

Together, we must build the capacity of institutions in the region to cope with shocks.