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

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Renewable energy certificates can help accelerate the transition to clean energy and low carbon-growth by making renewable energy generation economically viable. Photo credit: Asian Development Bank.

Initial findings from a BIMP-EAGA study provide insights into creating a credible and sustainable regional REC system.

The transformative nature of simple advances such as connecting people to services and opportunities through affordable smartphones is just as significant as the remarkable progress we are seeing in artificial intelligence. Photo credit: iStock/imtmphoto.

Across Asia, there are examples of how iterative, necessary innovations, like affordable smartphones, are positively impacting people’s lives.

A growing number of organizations and businesses now uses AI and automation because of their transformative potential and capacity to introduce new opportunities. Photo credit: ADB.

The guidelines will ensure decisions made by AI are aligned with national and corporate values, as well as broader ethical and social norms.

AI can play a crucial role in addressing the numerous and pressing needs of the region. Photo credit: iStock/Thicha Satapitanon.

Ensuring technology systems cater to the region's ethnic and cultural diversity is essential not only for AI but also for technology and tech-driven business models in general.

As climate risks worsen, Asia and the Pacific faces a huge gap in climate finance. Photo credit: ADB.

Finance ministries' decisions on public spending, taxation, and investment are key to determining the resilience of economies and the well-being of citizens across the region.

Earth observation solutions can help farmers monitor and manage their fields to improve crop production. Photo credit: ADB

From managing crops and water resources to flood risk and geohazard mapping, earth observation solutions have helped countries address development challenges.