Can electric vehicles lead the way to a sustainable future?
Electric vehicles have increased in popularity through efforts by governments to encourage environmentally friendly vehicles in the transportation sector. However, their rapid uptake has come with public concerns, such as about battery disposal and the sources of energy used for charging. Read more on Asia Pathways.
ADBI Invites Journalists to Apply for the Developing Asia Journalism Awards
ADBI, with support of The Rockefeller Foundation, invites journalists from Asia and the Pacific to enter the Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA). The Awards are an initiative to promote works of journalism that accurately report on global efforts advancing sustainable development amid intensifying climate risks. Application is now open for the region’s reporters to submit compelling stories on food security, health preparedness and resilience, or macrofinancial stability in connection with climate change. The winners will be invited to a ceremony in Tokyo to receive a certificate and a $1,000 cash prize. The selection committee will include representatives from regional and global media organizations, a former ADB President, and other prominent figures working in sustainable development. Find more information on the Awards and how to apply, click here.
ADBI’s Latest Book Guides Policy Paths for Digital-driven Sustainable Growth in Asia
Digital Transformation for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Asia explores how digitalization can be harnessed to advance sustainable development amid the widening digital divide in Asia and the Pacific. At a launch event on 25 January jointly hosted by the National University of Singapore’s Institute of South Asian Studies, a panel of the book’s contributors discussed the region’s disparity in digital access and how it impedes cross-border connectivity and transformation. They underscored how incorporating education, skills training, and international collaboration in policy dynamics is needed to ensure the equitable benefits of digital transformation. The event in Singapore was attended by stakeholders from the private sector, policy officials, and experts.
Asia Needs New Dialogue for Scaling Up Climate Transition Finance
Climate transition finance can be used to update or develop new production technologies and advance carbon capture, utilization, and storage technology, but investment has been hampered by high costs and challenges to technological development. How is Asia trying to meet its financing needs and how can policy help attract investment to the region? Read more on Asia Pathways.
Asia Pathways Blog
- Can electric vehicles lead the way to a sustainable future?
- Mitigating climate-related sovereign risk to accelerate action on the climate emergency
- Water security through effective wastewater management: Lessons from Japan’s public–private partnerships
- Asia in need of dialogue for scaling up climate transition finance
- Tools and principles for creating fiscal space for climate adaptation
- COP28 offers outlook for building climate-resilient health systems
- COP28: Commitments, contradictions, contention, and challenges
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Books
Digital Transformation for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Asia
Rapid and unpredictable digital technology innovation is reshaping economic, social, and cultural systems.
Navigating Resilient Post-Disaster Recovery in Asia and the Pacific
Post-disaster recovery entails physical or material reconstruction and the social and economic recovery of the affected communities.
Asian Perspectives on Sovereign Debt and Managing Fiscal Risks
Debt sustainability risks in developing economies have amplified in recent years in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Achieving economies of scale in the distributed renewable energy sector is a major challenge, partly due to the lower capacity potential of installations and remote locations.
Solar Roofing: India’s 500-Gigawatt Renewable Energy Push through RESCO-Based Distributed Generation
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Enrollment in tertiary education remains a barrier for many aspirants in the Philippines.
Tuition Fee or Tuition Free? The Case of Public Higher Education in the Philippines
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Tourism activities are important for sustainable livelihoods, increasing adaptive capacity, and reducing vulnerability in coastal areas.
Socioeconomic Impacts of Coastal Tourism on Local Communities in Kuakata, Bangladesh
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Lockdown policies in Viet Nam inhibited both industrial production and the mobility of people, which led to a greater reduction in fine particulate matter.
Did the COVID-19 Lockdown Affect Air Quality? Evidence from Viet Nam
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Improving access to clean water and adequate sanitation is particularly crucial in Asia and the Pacific, where 1.5 billion people in rural areas and 600 million people in urban areas still lack water supply and proper sanitation infrastructure.
Enhancing the Impact of Capacity Development Programs for Water and Sanitation Services in Asia
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Access to piped water increases the probability that rural households in Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic will adopt modern sanitation and washing facilities.
Navigating WASH Challenges in Rural Areas: Peer Effects and Infrastructure
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Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA)
ADBI is resuming the Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA) in 2024 to highlight the significant contribution of journalism that informs about the complex interlinkages between economic and social development and climate change in Asia and the Pacific.
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New Book Guides Policy Paths for Digital-driven Sustainable Growth in Asia
A new book published by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) spotlights how digitalization can be harnessed to advance sustainable development amid the widening digital divide in Asia and the Pacific.
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Government policies that promote cloud adoption not only improve government effectiveness but also have positive spillover effects on the rest of the economy.
Cloud Computing Policies and Their Economic Impacts in Asia and the Pacific
Videos
- Digital Transformation for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Asia
- 2023 ADBI Annual Conference Keynote Speech: Masatsugu Asakawa, President, Asian Development Bank
- Navigating Resilient Post-Disaster Recovery in Asia and the Pacific
- Asian Perspectives on Sovereign Debt and Managing Fiscal Risks
- Fostering Resilient Global Supply Chains Amid Risk and Uncertainty
Podcast
- How to close the finance gap for women entrepreneurs in India
- How to tackle energy poverty for a just transition in Central Asia
- Demographic Transition and Fiscal Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific
- How to promote green central banking and climate-related monetary policy in developing Asia
- How Japan’s sanitation and wastewater management breakthroughs can be applied to developing Asia