How We Can Stop Ultra Poverty in Asia and The Pacific
The BRAC organization in Bangladesh has proven that there that there is an effective way to help the ultra poor. We need to find ways to use it more often.
How to Make Asia’s Cities ‘Livable’
By 2050, up to 65% of Asia’s population is expected to live in cities. With urbanization growing at such at a breakneck speed, many believe that how cities cope with it may well determine the region’s long-term productivity and overall stability.
How to Finance Stable, Inclusive Growth in Asia
The Asian Development Outlook 2015 highlights how developing Asia’s financial development still lags the advanced economies by a wide margin despite good progress. What can we do to bridge that gap, and also ensure ensure the region’s financial sector grows in a stable, inclusive way?
How to Channel Migrant Remittances to Deliver Growth
Migrant remittances, a lifeline for many developing countries in Asia and the Pacific, have grown dramatically with barely any support by the public sector or donor agencies. A recent ADB forum discussed how governments can make better use of this money to create domestic job opportunities.
How the Dollar-A-Day Poverty Line Changed International Development
Over three decades ago, economic researcher Martin Ravallion and his colleagues found a way to identify and quantify the world’s poorest people with an international poverty line that continues to guide policies to this day.
How Social Enterprises Can Help Us Meet the SDGs
Social entrepreneurship is a viable and significant way to nudge the world closer to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals.
How Much Has COVID-19 Turned Back Asia’s Poverty Clock?
Without the right policies and programs, Asia’s poorest people could suffer needlessly as economies bounce back after the pandemic.
How Disasters in Asia Affect the Economy
Asia and the Pacific accounts for half of the estimated economic cost of disasters over the past 20 years.
How Did the People’s Republic of China Reduce Poverty in the Countryside?
Four elements of the poverty reduction strategy of the People’s Republic of China stand out as examples for others to follow.
Here’s How We Used Satellite Data to Map Poverty in Thailand and the Philippines
Innovative, new methods are needed to estimate poverty due to the high costs and long time frame of traditional methods.