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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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ADB Member fact Sheet: Kyrgyz Republic Updated February 2022
(Asian Development Bank, 2022-02-15)The Kyrgyz Republic joined the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 1994. In recent years, the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic has maintained a strong development agenda to reduce poverty through inclusive economic growth. With the support of ADB, the ... -
ADB Member fact Sheet: Georgia Updated February 2022
(Asian Development Bank, 2022-02-15)Located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Georgia is an important node for regional trade flows and has a unique geographic advantage for market integration with the rest of the world, including the European Union. The Government of Georgia has ... -
COVID-19 and Overseas Filipino Workers: Return Migration and Reintegration into the Home Country—the Philippine Case
(Asian Development Bank, 2022-02-15)This paper profiles the return migration and reintegration of returning overseas workers into the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. As a major migrant-sending and remittance receiving economy, the emigration of workers has been part of ... -
SDPI E-Newsletter on Covid-19: Vol. 3, No. 11-12
(Sustainable Development Policy Institute, 2022-02-11)In order to keep abreast of emerging issues at the National/International and local level, the SDPI brings out a Bi-weekly E-Newsletter on “COVID-19” It carries reference information’s to the News items/Comments/Op-Eds appearing in leading ... -
Climate Finance in Southeast Asia: Trends and Opportunities
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022-02-09)This article gives an overview of international climate assistance distributed to Southeast Asian countries, provides key trends analysis and highlights gaps in climate assistance mobilised in the region from 2000 to 2019. Using data from the OECD ... -
SDPI E-Newsletter on Covid-19: Vol. 3, No. 7-10
(Sustainable Development Policy Institute, 2022-02-04)In order to keep abreast of emerging issues at the National/International and local level, the SDPI brings out a Bi-weekly E-Newsletter on “COVID-19” It carries reference information’s to the News items/Comments/Op-Eds appearing in leading ... -
Unborn Tomorrow: Pandemic and Its Impact on the Next Generation
(Korea Development Institute, 2022-02-03)We are in the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. For two years since its outbreak, the virus has been unhurriedly and untiringly spreading with the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths still soaring to staggering heights. Nearly 300 million ... -
Alternate Construction Technologies for Mass Housing: Challenges to Adoption in India
(Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2022-01-30)Rapid urbanisation and economic growth will increase the demand for adequate housing in Indian cities. Mass housing projects can help cater to this need. However, building mass housing using conventional technology is slow, lacks quality and is detrimental ... -
RSIS NTS Bulletin January 2022
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2022-01-30)NTS Bulletin is a monthly periodical that discusses current issues concerning Climate change, Energy, food, water and Health security; Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. -
Alternate Construction Technologies for Mass Housing: Challenges to Adoption in India: Executive Summary
(Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2022-01-30)Rapid urbanisation and economic growth will increase the demand for adequate housing in Indian cities. Mass housing projects can help cater to this need. However, building mass housing using conventional technology is slow, lacks quality and is detrimental ...