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Digital Jobs and Digital Skills: A Shifting Landscape in Asia and the Pacific
Publication
26 October 2022

Digital Jobs and Digital Skills: A Shifting Landscape in Asia and the Pacific

This report examines how employers in Asia and the Pacific now want new hires to have higher digital skills, like digital design, data analytics, data science, machine learning, and programming.
Event
26 October 2022

ASEAN Economic Outlook: Building Strategies for Resilient and Sustainable Recovery

This webinar discussed the implications of competing challenges on Southeast Asia's prospect for building a resilient and sustainable recovery.
Leveraging Fintech to Expand Digital Health in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore: Lessons for Asia and the Pacific
Publication
24 October 2022

Leveraging Fintech to Expand Digital Health in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore: Lessons for Asia and the Pacific

This report illustrates how financial technology or fintech can be leveraged to improve health systems and health outcomes.
Fintech solutions can be powerful in helping long-excluded low- and middle-income populations gain access to healthcare and buttress them against health-related bankruptcy. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
21 October 2022

Widening Access to Health Systems with Fintech

Using fintech can help ease the financial and health burden of individuals and help improve health systems and outcomes, says a new ADB report.
SEADS was launched in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo credit: iStock/Cecilie_Arcurs.
News
21 October 2022

Celebrating 2 Years of SEADS: Planting Seeds of Growth in Southeast Asia

Since its launch in 2020, SEADS has organized three symposia and 10 webinars, while expanding its reach across social media and among users.
Despite having the fastest growing digital economy, the Philippines cybersecurity capacity is still maturing. Photo credit: iStock/Zephyr18.
Article
17 October 2022

Using Data to Protect Data: Addressing Gaps in Cyberthreat Reporting in the Philippines

Amid rising cybersecurity attacks, the Philippines needs a reporting system to capture, aggregate, and analyze challenges facing end users.
Outbreaks of infectious diseases, where vaccines are available, are often due to low vaccine coverage rates. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
14 October 2022

Polio: Urgent Acceleration Needed in Southeast Asia to Protect against Recent Resurgences

Raising awareness on the benefits of vaccination, funding immunization programs, and addressing gaps on vaccine roll-out urgently needed.
The acceleration of the digital economy coupled with needs spurred by COVID-19 restrictions have catalyzed digital-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship in the region. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
11 October 2022

Addressing the Digital Divide in ASEAN

To accelerate its digital transition, ASEAN needs to raise the quality of its universities and higher education institutions and be more inclusive.
Most employers in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines now consider digital skills such as proficiency with collaboration tools or basic internet skills for commerce as essential workplace skills. Photo credit: ADB.
News
10 October 2022

Digital Skills Critical for Jobs in Asia and the Pacific, Says ADB–LinkedIn Report

Around 75% of employers in four countries note a rise in demand for new hires with digital skills over the last 5 years.
The Comprehensive Asia Development Plan (CADP) 3.0: Towards an Integrated, Innovative, Inclusive, and Sustainable Economy
Publication
7 October 2022

The Comprehensive Asia Development Plan (CADP) 3.0: Towards an Integrated, Innovative, Inclusive, and Sustainable Economy

This book details the development blueprint ERIA has developed for the region.
Event
6 October 2022

Building Blocks for a Cloud-First Environment

This webinar focused on enhancing collective understanding about the cloud, its benefits, and the policy best practices for building a cloud-first environment.
An estimated 85% of tourists in Coron and El Nido engage in snorkeling and diving to explore coral reefs. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
5 October 2022

How Coron and El Nido in Palawan Can Curb Overtourism

The islands need to determine their capacity limits for tourism to reduce pressure on marine ecosystems.
The support will be targeted, integrated, and impactful to help vulnerable people, particularly vulnerable women, in the near-term, while bolstering food systems to reduce the impact of emerging and future food security risks. Photo credit: ADB.
News
30 September 2022

ADB Plans $14 Billion to Ease Food Crisis, Promote Long-Term Food Security in Asia and the Pacific

The assistance expands ADB’s support for food security in the region, where nearly 1.1 billion people lack healthy diets due to poverty and high food prices.
Integrating renewable energy from different sources, such as solar and wind farms, at different places will require power systems to be more flexible and smarter. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
29 September 2022

Building the ASEAN Power Grid: Opportunities and Challenges

Interconnecting power grids in the region is a key strategy in strengthening energy security and transitioning to renewables through efficient resource sharing.
Consumer spending, including on recreation, travel, and restaurants, is driving growth in the region. Photo credit: ADB.
News
26 September 2022

Southeast Asia Economy Rebounds Despite Headwinds

Robust domestic demand in Indonesia and the Philippines contribute to an improved outlook for this year, according to the Asian Development Bank.