Features

25 Sep 2013

Climate Resilient Rice: More Crops per Drop

New rice varieties are being developed and water-saving cultivation technologies promoted to help feed Asia's growing populations.
8 Aug 2013

Free Trade: Untangling Asia’s Noodle Bowl

Over the past decade, trade liberalization initiatives have blossomed across Asia and the Pacific, creating a convoluted 'noodle bowl' of overlapping free trade agreements (FTAs). Here’s a by-the-numbers look at trade liberalization and economic integration in the region.
17 Oct 2012

Social Economy for Poor Communities

Social enterprises play a vital role in addressing social and environmental challenges in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.


14 Sep 2012

Greater Mekong Subregion Program: 12 Things to Know

The six member countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion Program mark 20 years of economic cooperation in 2012.
30 Aug 2012

Blueprint for a Stable Rice Market

ASEAN nations can help avoid world rice price shocks by reducing export restrictions, placing less emphasis on self-sufficiency, retooling Thailand's rice pledging program, and expanding coordinated rice policies with India and Pakistan, according to a series of working papers from ADB.
30 Aug 2012

Has the world learned from the 2007–2008 food price crisis?

To avoid a repeat of the rice price crisis, ASEAN member countries formulated the ASEAN Integrated Food Security Framework with a Strategic Plan of Action that focuses on establishing a regional emergency rice reserve, facilitating regional rice trade, developing an ASEAN food security information system, and pursuing innovations through research and development.


9 Aug 2012

Country Water Action: Arsenic-free Water for Rural Communities

Access to clean, safe water is spreading to Cambodia's rural areas thanks to the installation of arsenic mitigation technology.
18 Jun 2012

Ensuring Food Security for a Growing Region

Food security depends on trade as much as it does on production. Rice is a staple food in Asia, and around 90% of all rice is produced and consumed in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. ADB’s agriculture advisor Lourdes Adriano talks about the agenda for the first ASEAN Rice Trade Forum.
7 Jun 2012

Casting a Long Shadow on Asian Education

ADB education expert Jouko Sarvi talks about the economic and social implications of private tutoring in Asia and the Pacific.
4 May 2012

Fast Facts: Regional Cooperation for Improved Financial Resilience and Liquidity Support - A Decade On and the Challenges Ahead

ASEAN+3 launched the Asian Bond Markets Initiative in 2002 to improve the resilience of the financial system. This year we celebrate 10 years.