Sustainable Development Goals


Navigating the Gender Wage Gap in Today’s Modern World
Ensuring pay structures are more transparent, correcting gender biases, and promoting the benefits of a diversified workplace can help bridge the gap.

Tags: Gender and development, ASEAN, Education, Sustainable Development Goals

Bridging Disparities to Bolster Digital Transformation in ASEAN
Although 70% of ASEAN's population are internet users, the region needs to improve digital access and literacy and upgrade people's skills for genuine digital transformation.

Tags: Information and communications technology, ASEAN, Economy, Sustainable Development Goals, Education

Experts Talk Solutions: Ming Tan
Ming Tan, founding executive director of the Tech for Good Institute, talks about ensuring MSMEs are part of the fight against climate change. 

Tags: Climate change and disaster risk management, Information and communications technology, Private sector development, MSMEs, Sustainable Development Goals, Experts Talk

ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility 2019–2020: Accelerating Green Finance in Southeast Asia
This report looks at the achievements of ACGF from the pilot phase between 2019 and 2021.

Tags: Finance, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Energy, Sustainable Development Goals, GFH Publications

Accelerating AI in ASEAN: Addressing Disparities, Challenges, and Regional Policy Imperatives
The paper discusses the significance of AI, the challenges of deploying AI in Southeast Asia, and the need for ASEAN-centric policies.

Tags: Information and communications technology, ASEAN, Education, Sustainable Development Goals

Southeast Asia Is Building Back Bluer
Southeast Asian countries lay the groundwork for the sustainable use of ocean and coastal resources in the region.

Tags: ASEAN, Environment, Economy, Climate change and disaster risk management, Sustainable Development Goals

Strengthening Foundations to Unlock Green Finance in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
This brief sets out ways Lao PDR can offset the financial impacts of climate change and start improving its creditworthiness to unlock green growth.

Tags: Lao PDR, Economy, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, Climate change and disaster risk management

Experts Talk Solutions: Bruce Chong
Bruce Chong, director and climate and urban sustainability leader at Arup, talks about building cities' resilience against climate change.

Tags: ASEAN, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Urban development, Sustainable Development Goals, Experts Talk

E-Commerce for Inclusive Development: Policy Considerations
This paper examines whether e-commerce has contributed to inclusive development.

Tags: Information and communications technology, Sustainable Development Goals, Social development and poverty

Highlights: Southeast Asia Development Symposium 2023—Imagining a Net-Zero ASEAN
This brochure provides highlights from ADB’s Southeast Asia Development Symposium 2023: Imagining a Net-Zero ASEAN event which explored how the region can ramp up efforts to decarbonize and target low-carbon growth.

Tags: ASEAN, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, Finance, Information and communications technology, Urban development, Tourism, Health, Energy

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