To level the playing field in Asia and the Pacific, women-owned companies need financial backing to support their importing and exporting needs.

Simmering trade disputes are decreasing the beneficial effects of free trade and could in the long-term damage the rules-based order upon which global commerce is based.

Local officials can now find information from all sectors, such as health, education, women’s empowerment, child protection, and human rights and law, to help them address child and teen marriage in their area.

Với những cải cách tài chính quan trọng, TP Hồ Chí Minh có tiềm năng theo mô hình của Tokyo, Thượng Hải, Mumbai và các thành phố khác thành các trung tâm nổi trội về tài chính toàn cầu.

Bhutan is using an innovative financing system to ensure its citizens have access to quality affordable health care.

With key financial reforms, Ho Chi Minh City has the potential to follow the model of Tokyo, Shanghai, Mumbai, and other cities which came to global financial prominence.

Performance assessments help people in Southeast Asia determine how well their government is performing and how they can be improved.

Data-driven decision making can be a powerful tool in the world of international development but it requires careful planning and management. 

The Asia and Pacific region is aging rapidly, and that is affecting the region’s workforce, but increased longevity is adding an unexpected element to the picture

Infrastructure has a critical role in narrowing gender gaps and accelerating the advancement of women and girls. If women are given a say in infrastructure design and investment, projects can become more effective enablers of their growth.

Blockchain technology offers great promise and great risk. We need to better understand how it works and how to use it safely and effectively.

For quality evaluations of international development projects and programs to lead to better results, they need to be influential.

In the southern Philippines, a culture-based senior high school program is serving the Tboli community with an innovated approach to education.   

The idea that rural water schemes are only sustainable if small, simple and locally managed is a bias that must be overcome to get more clean water to the people who need it.

The transmission channels of perishables like fruits and vegetables from producers to consumers in developing countries need a revamp to provide benefits to all involved.

Climate-smart and resource-saving farming technologies could be one way to address hunger in Asia.

A tax on migrating workers compensates the exporting country for loss of the human capital created by its education and skills development programs.

Despite decreases in hunger due to economic growth, millions in Asia remain malnourished and without direct action the situation could get worse.

Global supply chains link the welfare of disaster-hit companies and their surrounding communities to a network of corporations that have an economic incentive to help them bounce back. 

In the Philippines, cloud-based technology is being used to address the financial exclusion that helps fuel poverty and inequality.

Making it easier for workers to move between countries is key to liberalizing the trade in services and unleashing the benefits it will produce across national and regional economies.

A wealth of knowledge – knowhow and wisdom – rests with the officials, professionals, practitioners and communities. The challenge is to unleash the untapped power of this information.

The World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement provides a roadmap for developing economies to increase trade while also increasing the benefits it provides to their citizens.

Digital or financial technology – including mobile internet access, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and big data – can make international trade more efficient and support financing options.

Countries around the world are taking an integrated approach to address the complexities of poverty. 

Một bộ luật cấu trúc tốt về đầu tư theo hình thức quan hệ đối tác công-tư là cơ hội chính để nâng cấp cơ sở hạ tầng ở Việt Nam.

A well-structured law on private-public partnerships is a key opportunity to upgrade Viet Nam’s infrastructure.

The global value chains that help drive Asia’s export-driven economic miracle have widespread development impacts. We need to understand them better to maximize the benefits.

A landmark international agreement designed to eliminate violence and harassment in the workplace has been passed. Now comes the hard part.

The discussions around the impact of artificial intelligence and its impact on jobs could result in improved skills and greater adaptations by the world’s work force.

Lining up rights-of-way for megaprojects, such as railways and highways, in crowded places is challenging but it can be done with an imaginative and respectful plan.

灾后“重建得更好”通常说起来容易，做起来难，但中华人民共和国的例子表明，这是可以实现的。

Các doanh nghiệp nhà nước phải đối mặt với những thách thức riêng khi mời gọi tài chính nước ngoài cho các dự án cơ sở hạ tầng. Nhưng không phải không có giải pháp.

State-owned enterprises face unique challenges when it comes to attracting foreign financing for infrastructure projects. But there are solutions.

Central banks have powerful tools to affect national economies but they are being challenged by innovative financial practices

Reforming state-owned enterprises can be an extraordinarily complex activity but it is underpinned by a single clear goal.

Quantum computing could change the face of many international development programs, including those involving transport, financial services and health care.

Health and safety on the jobsite involves more than simply enforcing rules and regulations. A culture of prevention, as well as innovative digital solutions, are needed to keep workers alive and healthy.

Ази тивийн хөгжиж буй улс орнуудын дотоодын нийт бүтээгдэхүүний гуравны нэг хүртэл хувийг бүрдүүлж, гадаад валютын нөөцийнх нь чухал эх үүсвэр болдог нэгэн салбар бий. Энэ салбарыг Тогтвортой Хөгжлийн Зорилтуудыг хангахад ашиглах бүрэн боломжтой. 

India is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to disasters and it has a lot to share when it comes to preparing for them.

Bài viết giải thích tại sao nhận thức cho rằng sự di cư của lao động có kỹ năng nghề làm tổn hại nguồn lực quốc gia là sai lầm.

Here’s why the perception that skilled migration damages the source country is wrong.

To understand fragility and resilience in Papua New Guinea, look to history and the people living in the country’s most vulnerable areas.

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are working together to encourage the free flow of skilled labor within their countries. 

全球可再生能源投资正在迈入新阶段，政府和私营部门需要重新思考其项目开发方式。

Involuntary resettlement can improve the lives of the resettled while reducing poverty and delivering results for development projects

‘Build back better’ is often easier said than done after a disaster, but one example from the People’s Republic of China shows that it can be done well. 

Millions of Asia’s informal workers – such as vendors, day laborers, and others – are left out of national pension systems. Here’s what we can do to help them in their later years.

There’s one big element missing before we can create a truly transparent, seamless and open international trading framework.

The graduation approach provides a sequenced intervention designed to overcome multiple barriers that prevent the extreme poor from breaking out of poverty.