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Postsecondary education and skills training programs are helping to put Maldivians back in control of their own future.

Governments, corporate entities and investors issue and trade bonds to fuel growth and provide financial stability to the Asia and the Pacific region. Here are 12 things you should know about the Asian local currency bond market.

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.

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.

ADB.org talks to Wouter Lincklaen Arriens, Lead Water Resources Specialist at ADB’s Regional and Sustainable Development Department, to find out what ADB is doing to help its members address the main challenges impacting water security in the region.

Improving efficiency can help the region meet rising energy demand in a cost-effective and sustainable way. Here are 12 things to know about energy efficiency.

An ADB delegation led by Stephen P. Groff, Vice President for East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, met with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Nay Pyi Taw on 19 August to exchange views on Myanmar's development challenges.

Advances in information and communication technology have created opportunities for economic and social gains in the world's poorest areas. Here are 12 things to know about ICT in Asia and the Pacific region.

Technology that can turn animal waste into gas is changing daily life for the better in rural PRC.

In a massive ecological preservation project, ADB is joining forces with PRC authorities to protect the Sanjiang Plain wetlands, home to some of the country’s richest biodiversity.