Event
18 September 2025

GMS Knowledge Network: Knowledge for Innovation Program Launch

The launch of the program includes a high-level panel discussion on strengthening agrifood systems through knowledge and innovation.

Article
17 September 2025

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.

Article
16 September 2025

Anti-Trawling Structures Help Coastal Communities Reclaim Fishing Grounds

A project in Cambodia uses an innovative solution that deters illegal fishing and helps restore damaged marine and coastal ecosystems.

Publication
12 September 2025

Advancing Green Ports: Funding and Financing for Maritime Decarbonization

A life-cycle approach to ports, focusing on clean energy, waste management, and nature-based solutions, can reduce their environmental impact when adequately financed and policy-driven. 

Article
10 September 2025

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.

Publication
8 September 2025

Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain Diversification, Repurposing, Recycling, and Job Creation Opportunities in Viet Nam

This publication is a valuable reference for regulators, international organizations, industry stakeholders, investors, and researchers, contributing to promote private sector development, infrastructure growth, and environmentally sustainable development in Viet Nam.

Publication
5 September 2025

Taxing Informal and Hard-to-Tax Sectors: A Policy Guide

This publication shows how developing economies in Asia and the Pacific can harness data-driven strategies to build fiscal capacity.

Article
3 September 2025

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.

Article
28 August 2025

Breaking Down Barriers to Youth Employment

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

Publication
25 August 2025

Green Finance and Women-Owned Businesses: A Growth Opportunity for Financial Institutions in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

This brief explores strategies to improve access to green finance for women-owned MSMEs in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Publication
22 August 2025

Thailand’s Climate Finance Landscape: Bridging the Gap to Net Zero

This brief explores how climate finance in Thailand can be scaled up to meet the country’s net-zero targets.

Article
20 August 2025

Viet Nam Holds Promise as a Lithium-Ion Battery Hub

Low costs, access to raw materials, and proximity to markets make the country an ideal production site.

Event
26 to 29 August 2025

Waves of Change: Advancing the Blue Economy Across Asia and the Pacific

This workshop will examine key issues, challenges, and opportunities related to the assessment, development, and implementation of blue economy initiatives across the region.

Event
3 to 5 December 2025

11th ADB International Education and Skills Forum: Applying a Fresh Lens to Unlock the Power of Human Capital

This forum aims to strategize new and rejuvenated approaches, investments, and partnerships to unlock the full potential of human capital across Asia and the Pacific.

Publication
15 August 2025

Innovative Financing for Noncommunicable Diseases in Asia and the Pacific

The global burden of noncommunicable diseases presents several unique service delivery and financing challenges to the health systems.