Five Keys to Expanding Central Asia’s Global Value Chains
Central Asia’s long-term economic prosperity depends upon participation in global value chains and upgrading to higher value-added activities.
Five Steps for Countries to Become Innovation Leaders
The right policies can bring a new golden age of innovation for developing countries in Asia.
Flash Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Saves Lives and Combats Poverty
Effective risk management for flash flood disasters is now achievable, thanks to 21st century technological advances in communication technology, spatial data analysis, and weather prediction.
Flood Risk and Public Health: An Unlikely Partnership in the Fight Against COVID-19
It is time to establish partnerships and expand to a whole-of-society approach to cope with the disasters and crises that are increasingly threatening developing countries.
Four Ways to Advance Equality for Women in the Workplace
Fostering a culture of inclusion is a highly complex, long-term process. The corporate world and other players in private sector need to do their part to maximize opportunities for all genders.
Four Ways to Ensure a Secure Transition to Renewable Energy
As countries in Asia and the Pacific make the transition to renewable energy in a post COVID-19 world, they should strive to ensure clean energy is available to everyone, everywhere and around the clock.
Global Renewable Energy Investment is Slowing Down. Should We Worry?
Investment in renewable energy around the world is entering a new phase that will require governments and the private sector to re-think the way they develop projects.
Here's How We Can Give a Boost to the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific
Asia and the Pacific is not where it needs to be to meet the Sustainable Development Goals but there remains a decade to make up for lost time.
Here’s a Surprising Way to Achieve Most of the SDGs
There is one sector that contributes up to a third of gross domestic product, and is an important source of foreign currency, in many of Asia’s developing countries. It could be deployed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
How a Spike in Trade with PRC Has Reduced Income Inequality in Viet Nam
Viet Nam is a particularly good case to measure the impact on income inequality of rising trade with the People's Republic of China.