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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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High-value horticulture in Viet Nam
While ASEAN countries have embarked on reforms to create more favorable conditions for businesses to thrive, there is significant scope to enhance trade efficiency and investment readiness across the region. Photo credit: ADB.

ASEAN is forging ahead to turn regulatory reforms into meaningful outcomes to sustain the region’s investment attractiveness and achieve its goal of economic integration.

Coastal protection initiatives, such as mangrove planting, strengthen local communities' resilience against storm surges and erosion. Photo credit: ADB.

ASEAN Climate Week looks at practical and concrete ways of improving the lives of vulnerable populations.

Nonprofits are beginning to experiment with AI, marking a transformational shift from digital readiness to digital innovation.

Timor-Leste’s community health program shows a model led by local workers, with features that make it useful for ASEAN countries facing rural access barriers. Photo credit: ADB.

The newest ASEAN member is positioned to leapfrog traditional healthcare barriers by integrating digital tools directly into primary care.

Regional cooperation, policy coherence, knowledge sharing, and international support are essential to enable countries at different stages of development to fully participate in and benefit from the green transition. Photo credit: ADB.

Across the region, member states are making the transition at varying speeds and through different pathways.

The Kapuas Hulu district has two national parks—Betung Kerihun, which features montane (or cloud) rain forests and lowland forests, and Danau Sentarum, a vast floodplain with seasonal lakes, freshwater swamp forest, and peat swamp forest. Photo credit: iStock/Rhett Ayers Butler - Mongabay.

In West Kalimantan, community-focused investments are preventing deforestation and forest degradation.