Like many regions across the globe, the Western Balkans is struggling with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The region’s most…

COVID-19 not only highlights existing inequalities, it exacerbates them. Not only do the poor have higher COVID-19 infection and…

The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic is the most challenging public health crisis the world has faced in a century. It has overwhelmed…

The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to a dramatic rollback of economic progress across Southeast Asia. While the region has managed to…

This brief outlines lessons and opportunities to improve online learning modalities based on the experiences of Sri Lanka on the…

Developing Asia has suffered as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Growth, trade, and tourism collapsed in 2020, leading to the region’s…

Developing Asia has suffered as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Growth, trade, and tourism collapsed in 2020, leading to the region’s…

In this issue of Update from Washington DC.: Enduring the pandemic in Thailand; Leaders on the frontlines; Covid-19 and Urbanization;…

This brief explores how governments could help revitalize the important tourism sector in Asia and the Pacific amid the challenges of…

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has had devastating impacts in Southeast Asia. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) quickly responded…