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Explore insights on solutions, case studies, best practices, and innovations addressing development challenges facing countries across Southeast Asia.  

High-value horticulture in Viet Nam
Across Southeast Asia, there are more than 60 million women who run micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Photo credit: ADB.
Unlocking Capital for Women to Support a Just Transition

Women play an important role in driving inclusive low-carbon development.

The value of Malaysia's e-commerce sector rose from RM1.13 trillion ($267 billion) in 2022 to RM1.22 trillion in 2024. Photo credit: ADB.
Finding the Regulatory Balance amid Malaysia’s E-Commerce Growth

Sustaining growth and innovation in the digital economy requires a well-balanced regulatory ecosystem.

In 2020, the yellowfin tuna handline fishermen of the Mindoro Strait and the Lagonoy Gulf, along with processors who supported their cause, established the Philippine Tuna Handline Partnership—a coalition that serves as a client group providing them access to local and international markets, and through which they can strive to earn an eco-label certification. Photo credit: Courtesy of WWF-Philippines.
Sustainable and Equitable Fishing: The Tuna Fishers of Occidental Mindoro

Realizing the need to move beyond mere survival, fishers now making it a priority to ensure the sustainability of marine ecosystems.

Economic instruments deemed effective in reducing plastic pollution include taxes on virgin plastics, tax incentives for recycling investment, green public procurement, single-use plastics levies, advanced recycling fees, and deposit-refund systems. Photo credit: iStock/Theerawit Jirattawevut
6 Ways Thailand Can Accelerate Plastic Packaging Circularity

Using economic instruments to influence producer and consumer behavior through the forces of supply and demand seen to address plastic pollution.

Vena Energy staff Nurul Hidayah and Fatma Mulyana perform operations and maintenance work at Selong in Lombok island, Indonesia.
How Renewable Energy Investments Provide Opportunities for Inclusion

A utility-scale solar project in Indonesia creates job opportunities for women as solar technicians and entrepreneurs.

Cultivating customer connections. Miss Cimory sales agent Elmita Sari Dewi delivers dairy products door-to-door, allowing her to build direct relationships with customers while expanding her sales network. Photo credit: Robertus Pudyanto/ADB.
Supporting Women as Sales Agents in Indonesia’s Dairy Value Chain

With ADB support, Cimory is scaling up its Miss Cimory distribution program, creating jobs for women and opening access to nutritious dairy products in rural Indonesia.

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