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With focus and creativity the private sector can help bridge the jobs-skills gap for workers across Asia and the Pacific.

Fighting corruption and fraud is crucial to achieving the goal of reducing poverty in the Asia and the Pacific region, explain Peter Pedersen and Clare Wee from ADB's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity. Beginning 9 December, ADB is marking International Anticorruption Day with a week-long series of learning events to further develop the understanding among its staff of this complex issue.

The public sector alone, even with financing from multilateral development banks, cannot meet the growing demand for infrastructure investment in Asia and the Pacific. Public–private partnerships (PPPs) are a way of mobilizing not just financial but also managerial and technical resources of the private sector to provide efficient and modernized public services.

A community-based program to revive fresh-water fishing in rural Sri Lanka has helped the poor achieve self-sufficiency, while providing them with useful skills and knowledge-based training.

South Asia must act now to avoid huge economic loss from climate change, ADB and other experts say.

Principal economist Myo Thant of ADB’s Office of Regional Economic Integration talks about the impact of HIV/AIDS on Myanmar’s economy.

An innovative ADB project in Afghanistan introduces safe sex practices in a culturally sensitive manner.

ADB supports the fight against HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific by helping members respond to the epidemic affecting millions in the region.

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.

Dr. Xuedu Lu, ADB’s Advisor on climate change and carbon market, talks about the role of technology in mitigating the effects of climate change in Asia and the Pacific.