5 ways to make the most of Philippine education investments
A new survey yields insights on the main factors that influence Filipinos’ education investment choices.
Asia must act to prevent demographic dividend from becoming tax
Asian countries need to prepare for the potential demographic tax that accompanies gradual population aging.
Big Data can transform SDG performance. Here’s how
Big Data is a great way to sift through the massive amount of information we need to track for the SDGs.
Closing the gender gap in the ownership of family businesses
The pandemic is putting pressure on small enterprises, which are disproportionately owned or controlled by men. The right policies could help close the gender gap.
Does lower inequality mean less poverty?
It is widely assumed that reducing inequality goes hand-in-hand with poverty reduction – but this is not always the case.
Filling the gender gap on asset ownership data
An ADB pilot study confirms that many women in parts of developing Asia still face barriers to owning assets like land or a house.
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.
How much does our family background determine our chances of (socioeconomic) success?
Parental characteristics are not the sole determining factor of one’s future mobility prospects in Asia and the Pacific.
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 nighttime lights help us study development indicators
Nighttime luminosity is a good source of data for countries lacking reliable statistics in developing Asia.