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What are the challenges and solutions to supplying adequate housing to billions of people across Asia and the Pacific? Better, affordable and resilient houses improve livelihoods across many of the SDGs, from health and education to social inclusion.
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Pointers from Asia for Urbanization in Africa -- Africa and Asia are latecomers to urbanization.The importance of the transferability of Asian experiences to other regions is being recognized for more efficient development paths.
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Sustaining Transit Investment in Asia’s Cities: A Beneficiary-Funding and Land Value Capture Perspective
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-04-15)
This report explains how proven methods of land value capture can help fund sustained urban transit investment in developing countries in Asia. It provides a primer on the importance of land value capture in urban planning and growth and identifies ...
Burden of Disease and Climate Interactions: An Illustrative Study of Surat City, India
(Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2019-04-30)
The rising burden of disease counts as one of the most salient concerns of a warming climate. These risks are especially serious in populous, rapidly growing urban landscapes of low-income, tropical countries. Surat, located on the banks of the River ...
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Malaysia’s Oil and Gas Sector: Constant Expectations despite Diminishing Returns
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022-03-02)Since the oil and gas (O&G) sector’s take-off in the 1970s, this natural bounty has yielded myriad benefits to Malaysia. While not falling into the ‘resource curse’ of an unquestioned reliance on natural resources, the O&G sector is nonetheless a key ... -
Asian Development Bank Member Fact Sheet: Tuvalu Updated March 2022
(Asian Development Bank, 2022-03-01)Tuvalu is a small island developing state comprising nine atolls in the South Pacific. It is geographically isolated and highly vulnerable to climatic and economic shocks. With a small private sector and limited resources to support socioeconomic ... -
RSIS NTS Bulletin: February 2022
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2022-02-28)NTS Bulletin is a monthly periodical that discusses current issues concerning Climate change, Energy, food, water and Health security; Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. -
Addressing Nutrition Security in Urban India through Multisectoral Action
(Asian Development Bank, 2022-02-28)The Asian Development Bank is supporting the implementation of the National Urban Health Mission in India. In support of the undertaking, this paper provides available evidence-based data on urban nutrition in the country and explores practical ... -
RSIS Beyond Relief! Singapore Humanitarian Network Issue 4
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2022-02-28)In our Feature Article, Lina Gong writes about the need to adapt humanitarian practices to new environments and constraints. The sector needs to reform, adapt and innovate to prepare for much more complex and uncertain futures. This issue’s On the ... -
Prospects for Transitioning from a Linear to Circular Economy in Developing Asia
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2022-02-22)Unsustainable consumption, driven by the increasing extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, and production, is contributing to environmental degradation and the acceleration of climate change. In developing Asia, consumption trends will continue ... -
Examining Climate-Conflict Links in Southeast Asia
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022-02-21)The security implications of climate change have become a focus for world leaders and global policymakers in recent years. One of the leading security concerns about climate change is its potential to spark violent intra-state conflict.1 With this ... -
Rising Risks from Cross-ownership between Real Estate Developers and Banks in Vietnam
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022-02-17)China’s economic stability has recently been threatened by the debt problem of major real estate developers, with Evergrande being the most notable case. This has led to concerns that similar problems may happen to other countries in the region. In ... -
Online Misinformation and Cohesive Societies
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2022-02-15)The Internet has enabled misinformation to spread wildly, divide people easily, and incite violence and chaos quickly. Regulatory approaches and effective actions by individuals and civil society are needed to curb misinformation and contain the harm ... -
“Building a sailboat in a storm”: The Evolution of COVAX in 2021 and Its Impact on Supplies to Southeast Asia’s Six Lower-Income Economies
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022-02-15)As it became increasingly evident that vaccines would be central to the recovery from the global pandemic, the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility was created to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, especially for poorer countries. ...