Water
Infrastructure for Irrigation
Life begins with clean water and access to this most precious commodity is more important than ever to the billions of people across Asia and the Pacific. Quality infrastructure can bring lasting relief to struggling communities as this page shows.
Recommended elearning:
Management of Water Resources-- Self study about the sustainability of water resources, and the fundamentals of water supply and sanitation, water governance, and climate proofing.
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Measuring Water Use with Remote Sensing
(Asian Development Bank, 2017-05-30)
Remote sensing technology is a powerful tool that revolutionizes understanding of basin water resources. Water accounting—knowing how much water is available and who is using how much—is critical at a time when Asia is facing increasing water insecurity. ...
Water Management through the Lenses of Gender, Ethnicity and Class: A Comparative Case Study of Upstream and Downstream Sites on the Mekong River in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2017-02-03)
Issues related to water resources upstream (Tan Ho Co commune) and downstream (Dai An commune) of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam were studied. The role of gender, ethnicity and class in water management was ascertained. Social qualitative research, using ...
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World Agricultural Forum 2017 – Jobs in Agri-Food Industry: Silver Lining for Youth
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2017-07-28)The agri-food industry offers a bright future for the youth, in Singapore and abroad, amid discouraging youth employment prospects globally. -
Hometown investment trust funds, with revenues from taxes on pollutants, could provide much-needed finance for green energy projects.
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-07-01)The main obstacle to developing green energy projects is lack of access to finance. For larger energy projects (e.g., large hydropower projects), insurance and pensions are sustainable financing alternatives. Large energy projects are long-term investment ... -
Singapore and Food Security
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2017-06-30)Food security can be enhanced by strategic initiatives. Land scarce countries can still do much for agriculture and farming with effective policy measures. Singapore has learned to address the multi-faceted challenges of food security with good planning, ... -
The Imminent Obesity Crisis in Asia and the Pacific: First Cost Estimates
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-06-30)Over the past two decades, Asia and the Pacific have not only experienced rapid growth, but in parallel saw a rapid increase in overweight people and obesity. The latest available data indicated that over 40.9% of adults in the region are overweight ... -
Quantifying Water and Energy Linkages in Irrigation: Experiences From Viet Nam
(Asian Development Bank, 2017-06-30)While Asia has the world’s fastest-growing economy, of countries assessed by the Asian Water Development Outlook are water-insecure, posing a threat to the region’s continued growth. As economies develop, increasing demands will be placed ... -
The Impacts of Roll-On/Roll-Off Transport System in the Philippines
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2017-06-30)It is well recognized in the literature that a country’s transport system plays a central role in its development. In this paper, we show the economic impacts of improvements in the transport system by studying experience of the Philippines with the ... -
Modeling Eldercare by Children and Children-in-Law: The Role of Marriage Institutions
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-06-30)Informal eldercare is often supplied by family members, more so in Asia than in the West. Children and their parents as well as members of adjacent generations linked by marriage (in-laws) are modeled as self-interested agents offering or responding ... -
Climate Change, Energy and Asian Geopolitics
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2017-06-14)President Trump’s declaration to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change may contribute to a self-isolation and a geopolitical weakening of the US. While China has cleverly used this opportunity, its energy-climate policies are much more ... -
Timor-Leste 2016 TATOLI! Public Opinion Poll
(The Asia Foundation, 2017-06-07)Timor-Leste under the VIth Constitutional Government has made great progress in the collection and utilization of evidence in policy making. Initiatives such as the newly established Unit for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation within the Office of ... -
Chained to Sustainable Development Goals? The Changing Role of Entities for Enhanced Resilience along Agriculture Food Value Chains in Thailand
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2017-05-31)The operation period of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ended in 2015, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be in operation in 2016–2030. The sustainable development agenda contained 17 goals and covered a broad range of quantitative ...