The Housing Unaffordability Crisis in Asia
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.
Why are Interest Rates Falling in Southeast Asia?
Southeast Asian economies are starting to feel the pinch of trade tensions, recession fears and other global trends.
Helping Governments Improve Performance
Performance assessments help people in Southeast Asia determine how well their government is performing and how they can be improved.
Is Blockchain a Good Bet for Development?
Blockchain technology offers great promise and great risk. We need to better understand how it works and how to use it safely and effectively.
Weaving a Sustainable Future for Indigenous Students
In the southern Philippines, a culture-based senior high school program is serving the Tboli community with an innovated approach to education.
Is It Time for Some Countries to Implement a Brain Drain Tax?
A tax on migrating workers compensates the exporting country for loss of the human capital created by its education and skills development programs.
Creating a Digital Path for the Unbanked
In the Philippines, cloud-based technology is being used to address the financial exclusion that helps fuel poverty and inequality.
At Your Service: Trade Liberalization Could Bring Huge Benefits to Southeast Asia
Making it easier for workers to move between countries is key to liberalizing the trade in services and unleashing the benefits it will produce across national and regional economies.
Strengthening the Chains That Helped Pull Asia Out of Poverty
The global value chains that help drive Asia’s export-driven economic miracle have widespread development impacts. We need to understand them better to maximize the benefits.
Getting It Right on Railways
Lining up rights-of-way for megaprojects, such as railways and highways, in crowded places is challenging but it can be done with an imaginative and respectful plan.