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Publication
24 November 2025

Asia-Pacific Climate Report 2025: Unlocking Nature for Development

The report highlights that ecosystem services provide multiple benefits, underpinning food security, public health, livelihoods and climate resilience.
Economic instruments deemed effective in reducing plastic pollution include taxes on virgin plastics, tax incentives for recycling investment, green public procurement, single-use plastics levies, advanced recycling fees, and deposit-refund systems. Photo credit: iStock/Theerawit Jirattawevut
Article
20 November 2025

6 Ways Thailand Can Accelerate Plastic Packaging Circularity

Using economic instruments to influence producer and consumer behavior through the forces of supply and demand seen to address plastic pollution.
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Publication
14 November 2025

The Environmental, Social, and Governance Emphasis of Leading Companies in East Asia and Southeast Asia Unveiled by Deep Learning

This paper draws on an analysis of environmental, social, and governance topics in corporate reports in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
Vena Energy staff Nurul Hidayah and Fatma Mulyana perform operations and maintenance work at Selong in Lombok island, Indonesia.
Article
13 November 2025

How Renewable Energy Investments Provide Opportunities for Inclusion

A utility-scale solar project in Indonesia creates job opportunities for women as solar technicians and entrepreneurs.
Event
20 November 2025

Smart, Clean, Connected: The Next Wave of Port Decarbonization

This webinar explores solutions for decarbonizing ports, highlighting how innovation, collaboration, and smart systems drive progress toward low-carbon outcomes.
The signing of the Declaration on the Admission of Timor-Leste into ASEAN took place at the opening ceremony of the 47th ASEAN Summits and Related Summits on 26 October 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo credit: ASEAN Secretariat.
News
11 November 2025

Timor-Leste Joins ASEAN

Accession to ASEAN will unlock new opportunities in trade, investment, and private sector development.
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Publication
10 November 2025

Advancing the Circular Economy: Creating a Sustainable Future in Asia and the Pacific

This brochure highlights opportunities to expand investments that design waste and pollution out of systems, keep materials and products in use, and help regenerate natural resources.
Cultivating customer connections. Miss Cimory sales agent Elmita Sari Dewi delivers dairy products door-to-door, allowing her to build direct relationships with customers while expanding her sales network. Photo credit: Robertus Pudyanto/ADB.
Article
5 November 2025

Supporting Women as Sales Agents in Indonesia’s Dairy Value Chain

With ADB support, Cimory is scaling up its Miss Cimory distribution program, creating jobs for women and opening access to nutritious dairy products in rural Indonesia.
Event
18 November 2025

Scaling What Works: Private Sector Development as Catalyst for Growth in Southeast Asia

This webinar explores how ADB is strengthening private sector development and capital mobilization across Southeast Asia.
Bamboo has many uses, especially in rural areas where it serves as fuel, housing and furniture material, and even food. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
4 November 2025

High Hopes for the Humble Bamboo

Multisectoral initiatives are deploying bamboo-based solutions to strengthen ecosystem and community resilience and achieve sustainability goals.
Decarbonising ASEAN's Hard to Abate and High Emitting Sectors: Transition Finance, Technologies, and Policy Approaches
Publication
4 November 2025

Decarbonising ASEAN's Hard to Abate and High Emitting Sectors: Transition Finance, Technologies, and Policy Approaches

The joint report by ERIA, ADB, and METI examines the current landscape, identifies challenges, and highlights emerging practices for mobilizing transition finance within the region's unique energy, financial, and industrial contexts.
GMS Innovation Forum: Advancing Sectoral Digitalization through Regional Action
Event
30 October 2025

GMS Innovation Forum: Advancing Sectoral Digitalization through Regional Action

The event is open to ADB staff, members of the public and private sectors, development partners, think tanks, and startups.
The project created jobs and improved livelihoods, bringing economic prosperity to local communities. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
29 October 2025

How a Rural Wind Power Project Generates Not Just Electricity, but Also Stable Jobs and Hope

ADB’s impact analysis shows the project contributed $89.6 million to Viet Nam’s gross domestic product, signifying a substantial economic stimulus.
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Publication
24 October 2025

Designing a Country’s Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development Index Using Firm-Level Data: The Case of Thailand

This paper sets out a new way to quantitatively assess what affects MSME development nationally. It examined firm-level panel data from Thailand.
Farmers and stakeholders were trained on restoration techniques, erosion control, and ecological agricultural practices. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
22 October 2025

Local Communities Nurse Watersheds Back to Health

In Cambodia and the Philippines, farmers learn land restoration and ecological farming techniques to improve water and food security and for flood protection.