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DKI Jakarta Province Voluntary Local Review 2021—Jakarta Collaboration in Handling the COVID-19 Pandemic: Rise toward a Resilient Jakarta
Publication
23 January 2023

DKI Jakarta Province Voluntary Local Review 2021—Jakarta Collaboration in Handling the COVID-19 Pandemic: Rise toward a Resilient Jakarta

This publication shares findings from a 2021 review by the provincial government of DKI Jakarta on the implementation of the SDGs.
Nusantara’s plan to achieve a carbon-neutral, resource-efficient, and livable city will contribute to Indonesia’s target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2060. Photo courtesy of Indonesia's Ministry of Public Works and Housing.
News
20 January 2023

Indonesia’s Future Capital Aspires to Be Carbon Neutral by 2045

Nusantara’s plan to achieve a carbon-neutral, resource-efficient, and livable city will contribute to Indonesia’s target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2060.
Both the challenges and solutions to climate mitigation and adaptation lie within cities. Photo credit: ADB
Article
18 January 2023

Building a Climate Resilient Asia: What Is Most Needed?

Ensuring cities are livable, adopting nature-based solutions, adopting sustainable transport, and shifting to hydrogen power key to climate action.
ADB data says an estimated 71 million MSMEs in Southeast Asia account for at least 97% of all businesses in the region. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
16 January 2023

MSMEs Critical for a Greener Future in Southeast Asia

To chart a greener way forward for MSMEs, more concerted support is needed from key stakeholders,
The region’s economy is projected to grow 4.2% in 2022 and 4.6% in 2023. Photo credit: ADB.
News
13 January 2023

ADB Lowers Growth Forecast for Developing Asia amid Global Gloom

Global headwinds slowing down developing Asia’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 recovery still a priority for ASEAN member states. Photo credit: ADB.
News
10 January 2023

ASEAN Leaders Vow to Sustain Recovery amid Challenges

Leaders want countries to brace for headwinds from COVID-19, supply chain disruptions, food shortage, climate change, and other threats.
The Philippines has been one of the hardest hit countries by climate change and needs substantial financing to address the issue. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
9 January 2023

Five Ways to Fund the Philippines’ Fight against Climate Change

Financing climate action was a key topic at COP27. For the Philippines, on the front lines of the global climate crisis, it is a make-or-break question.
According to the report, individuals with just basic digital skills met with less growth in demand than those with either intermediate or advanced disruptive digital skills. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
6 January 2023

Here Is How Employers in Asia–Pacific Are Hiring in the Digital Age

Education systems need retooling to meet the growing demand for higher digital skills.
Leveraging Benefits of Regional Economic Integration: The Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Greater Mekong Subregion
Publication
28 December 2022

Leveraging Benefits of Regional Economic Integration: The Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Greater Mekong Subregion

This report shows how the Lao PDR can leverage its regional position to boost trade, increase agriculture, and harness the power of its cities to promote inclusive and equitable growth.
The Green, Social, Sustainable and Other Labeled (GSS+) Bonds Initiative for Southeast Asia
Publication
22 December 2022

The Green, Social, Sustainable and Other Labeled (GSS+) Bonds Initiative for Southeast Asia

This flyer explains how Southeast Asian debt issuers could raise over $1 billion by 2025 through green, social, sustainable, and other labeled bonds to finance climate investments.
Article
20 December 2022

Safer Trains: Expanding Communication Platforms to Report Gender-Based Violence in Transport Services in the Philippines

Grievance redress mechanisms ​​​are essential for quick response to stakeholder feedback—and to make public transport equitable and safer.
From stone tools onwards, human ingenuity has allowed us to survive and thrive through resource scarcity, climatic changes, challenging landscapes, and ecosystem instability. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
19 December 2022

Innovating for Sustainability Requires More than Technology

Intellectual property and other intangible assets needed to help Southeast Asia meet net zero goals.
A team of students from Roxas City in Capiz bested other groups for the top prize. Photo credit: Courtesy of TCS.
News
15 December 2022

Students’ App Ideas Showcased at TCS goIT Digital Innovation Fair 2022

A mobile app that enables citizens to easily call for emergency assistance during calamities bags top prize.
Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022 Supplement: Global Gloom Dims Asian Prospects
Publication
14 December 2022

Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022 Supplement: Global Gloom Dims Asian Prospects

This report from ADB provides updated economic projections, revising growth forecasts for developing Asia down slightly from 4.3% to 4.2% in 2022 and from 4.9% to 4.6% in 2023.
Joint BIMP‑EAGA and IMT-GT Tourism Recovery Communications Plan and Toolkit 2022–2024
Publication
12 December 2022

Joint BIMP‑EAGA and IMT-GT Tourism Recovery Communications Plan and Toolkit 2022–2024

This publication, which provides a tourism recovery communications plan and toolkit, was jointly prepared by BIMP-EAGA and IMT-GT.