COVID-19 not only highlights existing inequalities, it exacerbates them. Not only do the poor have higher COVID-19 infection and mortality rates, they…
15 Sep 2020
This case study presents stories of decentralized sewage treatment plants (STPs) and fecal sludge management (FSM) in India. The stories provide…
15 Sep 2020
The proposed Asian Development Bank (ADB) country partnership strategy (CPS) for Indonesia, 2020–2024 aims to support inclusive, competitive, and…
15 Sep 2020
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic is the most challenging public health crisis the world has faced in a century. It has overwhelmed global and…
15 Sep 2020
Climate-induced migration is a well-known phenomenon occurring periodically in response to fast and slow onset events. Climate change projections are a…
15 Sep 2020
The country operations business plan (COBP), 2021–2023 for Kazakhstan of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is aligned with ADB’s country partnership…
15 Sep 2020
The use of remote sensing data in design, monitoring, and evaluation of irrigation systems is becoming popular due to rapid advances in remote sensing…
15 Sep 2020
The temporary closure of educational institutions during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has abruptly transformed the global education…
15 Sep 2020
The abrupt fall in tourist arrivals and resulting demand plunge in the tourism sector due to COVID-19 has caused millions of job losses and economic…
15 Sep 2020
In recent years, extreme shocks (such as natural disasters) have increased in both frequency and intensity. Consequently, many cities have experienced…
15 Sep 2020
This paper studies the regional treatment effects of infrastructure projects on employment and transport volumes by combining the quantitative…
15 Sep 2020
The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of infrastructure on trade in the case of Central Asian countries. Infrastructure is measured by the…
15 Sep 2020