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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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Protecting and restoring coastal and marine ecosystems has become more urgent for billions of people who depend on healthy oceans for their livelihoods, food security, health, and recreation. Photo credit: ADB.
Shared Oceans, Shared Prosperity: Advancing the Blue Economy in Asia and the Pacific

With increasing stress on oceans, embracing this sustainable economic model is becoming more urgent.

The Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance estimates that $6.3 trillion–$6.7 trillion in global investment is required annually by 2030 to deliver the Paris Agreement. Photo credit: ADB.
Climate Risks and Fiscal Health: Three Takeaways for Southeast Asia

With enhanced tools, inter-agency coordination, and capacity building, finance ministries can significantly accelerate the development of climate-resilient fiscal systems.

Thailand have started to lay the foundations for a more responsive and resilient disaster management system. Photo credit: PongMoji/iStock.
What Thailand’s Earthquake Reveals about Tech, Trust, and Readiness

The experience highlights how countries can move from fragmented emergency response to inclusive, scalable, tech-enabled disaster governance.

About $7.4 trillion in climate finance is needed annually through 2030, according to CPI estimates. Photo credit: iStock/Jason T. Mulvaney.
Leveraging NDC Climate Pledge Updates to Bridge the Finance Gap

While climate finance has grown at unprecedented rates in recent years, reaching $1.46 trillion in 2022, these flows still fall short of global needs.

Workers at a plastics recycling plant in Indonesia. Photo credit: ADB.
Digital Tools Help Cities Find Smart Ways to Manage and Reduce Waste

In Southeast Asia, waste startups nurture a culture of waste segregation, reduction, and recycling.

To facilitate the school-to-work transition, the Philippines focused on education reforms and skills development, job creation, and labor market interventions. Photo credit: ADB.
Breaking Down Barriers to Youth Employment

In the Philippines, a multifaceted approach is easing the transition of disadvantaged youth from school to work.

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