April 2018
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Measuring rice yield from the sky
By Lakshman Nagraj Rao on Monday, 30 April 2018
Spatially explicit maps of crop yields can help countries improve overall agricultural productivity.
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Philippine BPOs: Getting ahead of the automation curve
By Sameer Khatiwada on Friday, 27 April 2018
By leveraging new technology, the Philippines can pave the way for sustainable and jobs-rich growth in business process outsourcing.
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Debunking 3 myths on energy SOE reform in Central Asia, South Caucasus
By Rafayil Abbasov on Thursday, 26 April 2018
SOE reforms in the energy sector should be time-bound, and focus on accountability and performance.
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India endeavors to end TB by 2025
By Sonalini Khetrapal on Wednesday, 25 April 2018
A welcome change in policies and strategies could dramatically reduce India’s tuberculosis burden.
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We need to invest more in higher education. Here’s why
By Erik Bloom on Monday, 23 April 2018
Donors should consider public subsidies for tertiary education to make it more accessible.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Land measurement bias revisited
By Lakshman Nagraj Rao on Friday, 06 April 2018
Weak statistics and informal land area measurement techniques can distort agricultural policies, ADB research shows.
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Leading by example on going carbon-neutral
By Virender K. Duggal on Wednesday, 04 April 2018
Achieving carbon neutrality at ADB demonstrates that we back up our words with concrete actions.
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How financial inclusion reduces poverty, income inequality
By Cyn-Young Park on Tuesday, 03 April 2018
ADB research shows that access to finance has less impact on poverty rates in lower-middle- and low-income economies.
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How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world
By Sohail Hasnie, Sungsup Ra on Monday, 02 April 2018
What Uber has done for urban transport, drones can do for farms and the billions who depend on them.