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Features
27 Mar 2013
Women Speak from Asia’s Frontlines
Three women share how their lives have been changed as beneficiaries of and contributors to the success of development projects aimed at the most vulnerable in society.
19 Mar 2013
Asia Off the Grid
Throughout Asia and the Pacific, developing countries are exploring small, innovative energy solutions that could one day redefine the region’s energy equation.
8 Mar 2013
Education Provides a Brighter Future for Poor Girls in Nepal
For many poor girls and their families in rural and remote areas of Nepal, a secondary education support project has put them on the right path to realizing their "dreams of a better future".
14 Feb 2013
Prosperity through Empowerment: Focus on Women in South Asia
Empowering women in South Asia can help address the twin issues of gender and urban poverty, say ADB's senior social development specialist Francesco Tornieri and urban development specialist Ron Slangen.
29 Nov 2012
12 Things to Know in 2012: South Asia Cooperation and Integration
South Asia's prospects of growth depend in good part on the enhancement of cross-border connectivity and facilitation of trade among Bangladesh, Butan, India and Nepal. Here are 12 things to know about cooperation and integration in South Asia.
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.
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 Apr 2012
Cashing in on Infrastructure
An infrastructure project in Nepal gives women a chance to earn much needed cash incomes by offering job opportunities usually considered 'men's work.'
19 Mar 2012
In Nepal, Families’ Incomes Grow Together
Self-help groups help rural Nepali women lease land and grow high value vegetables when rice fields are fallow. Now families can earn income between rice seasons.
12 Jan 2012
Breaking with Tradition
An ADB-supported project in Nepal is helping some of the most disadvantaged women in the country build careers in occupations once reserved for men.