Article
8 August 2024

5 Ways Earth Observation Solutions Are Helping the Planet

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

Publication
30 July 2024

What Has COVID-19 Taught Us about Asia’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response?

The publication examines health system preparedness in terms of efficiency, surge capacity, and access to medical countermeasures and funding.

Article
25 July 2024

Deploying Frontier Technologies to Help Organizations Transition to Net Zero

Frontier technologies represent a $350-billion market, with the potential grow to more than $3.2 trillion by 2025.

Event
24 July 2024

Decarbonization of Thermal Power Plants and Carbon Capture and Storage Business: Indonesia Case Study

The workshop will share the findings of a study conducted by the Asia CCUS Network and Sumitomo Corporation.

Publication
18 July 2024

Slum Blind: The Overlooked Links between Climate Migration and Informal Settlements

This brief examines the overlooked links between climate migration and informal settlements, and highlights the need to upgrade informal settlements.

Article
11 July 2024

10 Steps to Digital Transformation for Nonprofits

The digital transformation journey consists of three elements, known as the 3Ps: people, process, and platform and technology.

Publication
9 July 2024

Scaling Responsible Digital Payments in the Indonesian Cocoa Sector

This study examines opportunities for digital financial inclusion for smallholder cocoa farmers in Indonesia.

Publication
4 July 2024

Assessment of Cropland Changes in New Irrigation and Flood Embankment Infrastructure in Vientiane, Lao PDR

This brief examines how satellite imaging was used to map how irrigation changed agricultural production and improved the livelihoods of farmers. 

Event
3 July 2024

Multilevel Tax Policy and Administration: South-South Perspectives on Digital Transformation

Ehtisham Ahmad will share his insights on the use of digital technologies in national tax systems and the importance of a coordinated approach to policy and administration.

Article
2 July 2024

Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste, Touch—Could Gen AI Soon Be Added to Our List of Senses?

Generative AI has the power to transform most industries and could become such an unconscious part of our approach to technology that it functions like a seventh sense.

Publication
25 June 2024

Greening AI: A Policy Agenda for the Artificial Intelligence and Energy Revolutions

This paper sets out a policy agenda that aims to minimize AI’s energy and carbon costs while maximizing its benefits.

Event
24 to 25 June 2024

Sustainable Finance in the Indo-Pacific

Stakeholders from public financial institutions and development banks chart out mechanisms for understanding and cooperation on sustainable development in the region.

Event
20 June 2024

The Changing Pattern of Development Finance in Southeast Asia: Drivers, Trends and Impacts

The seminar will draw upon a Lowy Institute study that tracks and analyzes more than 120,000 development projects in Southeast Asia.

News
19 June 2024

Call for Expressions of Interests: $15-Million Fund to Equip Asia's Workforce with AI Knowledge and Tools

Deadline for applications ends on 30 October.

Publication
18 June 2024

Partnership Report 2023: Climate Action, Sustainable Development

This report highlights the work of ADB and its partners in cofinancing development in Asia and the Pacific in the past year.