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Asia and the Pacific are awash in plastic garbage. Nearly one third of plastic trash escapes waste collection systems. To beat plastic pollution, microentrepreneurs are transforming trash into cash using these real-life examples.
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Managing Stranded Assets and Protecting Food Value Chains from Natural Disasters
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2017-05-30)
Stranded assets are those that have suffered unanticipated or premature write-downs, lost value, or turned into liabilities due to external shocks. Environmental risk factors, such as natural disasters, climate change, and water scarcity, which can ...
Fostering Green Finance for Sustaining Development in Asia
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-03-30)
Placing the Asian economies onto a sustainable development pathway requires an unprecedented shift in investment away from greenhouse gas, fossil fuel, and natural resource intensive industries towards more resource efficient technologies and business ...
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The Impact of Nationally Determined Contributions on the Energy Sector: Implications for ADB and Its Developing Member Countries
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-07-30)In Asia and the Pacific, 38 developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have committed to take mitigation actions through nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. The Agreement aims to cap the ... -
Strengthening the Environment Dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific Knowledge-Sharing Workshop Proceedings
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-07-30)This publication summarizes discussions and information shared during a Knowledge-Sharing Workshop on Strengthening the Environment Dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Asia and the Pacific. The workshop is an output of a technical ... -
ADBI News 31: Of butterfly effects and climate change
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-07-08)This ADBI newsletter is published periodically throughout the year to provide information on current events, seminars and summits, Job opportunities, blogs and news and current publications concerning growth and development in Asia and the Pacific. -
NTS Bulletin June 2018
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2018-06-30)The world celebrates the World Ocean Day on 8th June every year with hundreds of events, in recognition of the alarming state of marine environments across the globe. This is of great relevance for Southeast Asia, where the marine environment faces ... -
Center for Economic and Social Development Quarterly Newsletter Q2 April - June 2018
(Center for Economic and Social Development, 2018-06-30)In June, a group of researchers from CESD conducted a rapid assessment study of aquaculture in Maubin and Twante townships of the Ayeyarwaddy region as a part of its engagement with the Myanmar Sustainable Aquaculture Program (MYSAP) funded by GIZ ... -
Economic impact analysis of 2050 emissions targets: A dynamic Computable General Equilibrium analysis
(New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, 2018-06-18)NZIER has been asked to explore the economic impacts of New Zealand adopting different greenhouse gas emissions targets in 2050. -
Two-pager: Key results from economic modelling of 2050 emissions targets
(New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, 2018-06-18)NZIER was engaged to explore the economy-wide impacts of meeting different 2050 emissions targets. -
International Outsourcing, Environmental Costs, and Welfare
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-06-15)This paper explores the welfare consequences of international outsourcing in the presence of resulting environmental damage in a three-stage model of North–South trade. In stage 1, outsourcing firms in the North (e.g., United States [US] and Europe）cause ... -
Writing Atrocities: Syrian Civil Society and Transitional Justice
(Brookings India, 2018-05-15)This paper argues that in raging conflicts such as in Syria, the documentation of violations should be considered as a stand-alone mechanism of transitional justice and as a means to lay the foundation for a variety of future post-conflict justice ... -
Three Generations of Changing Gender Patterns of Schooling in the People's Republic of China
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-04-30)The phenomenon of son preference in the People’s Republic of China and throughout much of Asia has been well documented. However, changing economic conditions, such as increases in educational attainment and employment opportunities for women and the ...