Sustainable Development Goals


Labor Mobility and Remittances in Asia and the Pacific during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic
This brief examines the impact of the pandemic on labor mobility and remittances in Asia Pacific and looks at policy recommendations.

Tags: COVID-19, Economy, Sustainable Development Goals, Social development and poverty

Financing the Ocean Back to Health in Southeast Asia: Approaches for Mainstreaming Blue Finance
This report from the Asian Development Bank gives an overview of Southeast Asia's blue economy with a particular focus on the investment approaches, opportunities, and finance mechanisms that are available to promote and catalyze funds for a sustainable ocean economy.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Finance, Environment, Economy, Sustainable Development Goals, GFH Publications

The Doctor Is On: How Telemedicine Is Improving Healthcare Access
Telehealth hopes to address health gaps by offering patients the convenience of consulting with a healthcare service provider without leaving their home or office.

Tags: Health, COVID-19, Sustainable Development Goals, Information and communications technology

Enhancing Poverty Measurement through Big Data
With insufficient data for almost half of the SDG indicators in Southeast Asia, governments are now exploring big data and machine learning to address the data gaps.

Tags: Sustainable Development Goals, Social development and poverty

Housing, Buildings Are Key to Sustainable Development
In this op-ed, Cosima Stahr from SWITCH-Asia Sustainable Consumption and Production Facility and Rebecca Ochong from Habitat for Humanity International examine solutions to help minimize the impact of the building sector on climate change.

Tags: Sustainable Development Goals, Social development and poverty, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment

Beating the Heat: A Sustainable Cooling Handbook for Cities
This report provides 80 supporting case studies and examples demonstrating proven strategies to sustainably cool cities.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Environment, Economy, Energy, Health, Social development and poverty, Sustainable Development Goals

Will Asia Outshine the West in a Bid for a Sustainable Future?
Sherry Madera of the London Stock Exchange Group looks at how across Asia, there is evidence of countries prioritizing adaptation measures to boost climate resilience.

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

Restor Helps Anyone Be a Part of Ecological Restoration
Kate Brandt, chief sustainability officer at Google, says the open data platform allows anyone to analyze the restoration potential of any place on Earth.

Tags: Environment, Information and communications technology, Sustainable Development Goals, Climate change and disaster risk management

Immediate Steps that Asia-Pacific Governments Can Take to Decarbonize via the Cloud
Cloud computing can accelerate innovation on the path to net-zero carbon, says Quint Simon, head of public policy, Asia-Pacific & Japan at Amazon Web Services.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Information and communications technology, Environment, Climate change and disaster risk management, Sustainable Development Goals

How COVID-19 Cash Grants Reached the Poor in the Philippines
A case study examines how an ambitious program of delivering cash assistance to 18 million households was carried out.

Tags: Philippines, COVID-19, Sustainable Development Goals, Health

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