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13 Feb 20
Throughout Asia and the world, digital solutions are being found for urban problems. Policymakers and city leaders should ensure that the poor do not get left behind in this digital transformation of...
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11 Feb 20
Smaller countries around China are vulnerable to economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak, even if they have no confirmed cases, new research has suggested.
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11 Feb 20
Japan’s population is ageing and shrinking so quickly that there will be almost one elderly person for each working-age person by 2060, an assessment by the International Monetary Fund has found.
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7 Feb 20
The makeshift hospital built to treat coronavirus patients in central China began admitting patients just 12 days after construction started.
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6 Feb 20
Asia and the Pacific is not where it needs to be to meet the Sustainable Development Goals but there remains a decade to make up for lost time, argues the Asian Development Bank's Bart Édes.
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31 Jan 20
The coronavirus outbreak has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organisation, as cases are confirmed in multiple new countries.
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28 Jan 20
Chinese officials have said the World Health Organisation remains confident in their ability to control the coronavirus outbreak.
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28 Jan 20
Governments have a responsibility to spend resources properly in order to create the high quality infrastructure their citizens need, argue Bruno Carrasco and Edwin Lau of the Asian Development Bank.
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24 Jan 20
East and South Asian economies face weak growth prospects amid trade tensions and uncertainty around policy, according to a new report.
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24 Jan 20
Authorities in coronavirus-hit Wuhan in central China have said they are building a 1,000-bed hospital in just 11 days to respond to the epidemic.
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24 Jan 20
China has emerged as the country that donates the most international aid. But is it really the force for good it claims to be?
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24 Jan 20
New Zealand instituted a number of reforms in the 1980s and early 1990s that were radical by any international standards. Today they would be described as transformative. While they have by no means...
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17 Jan 20
Growth in China’s economy slowed last year to its weakest level since 1990, as the long trade war with the US continued to bite.
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17 Jan 20
Vietnam must develop quality infrastructure if it wants to expand its economy, the World Bank has said.
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14 Jan 20
Inaction on climate change is not an option with island nations especially at risk from its effects, a senior UN official has warned an international conference.
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14 Jan 20
In Sri Lanka, efforts need to be made to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics education for girls to support their employment potential, writes the Asian Development Bank’s Uzma...
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10 Jan 20
China made big progress on eliminating poverty in 2019, with one province claiming that just 17 of its 80 million residents were living under the poverty line.
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9 Jan 20
South Korea has set a record budget for research and development, with the government hoping to enhance the economy and improve the lives of Koreans.
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7 Jan 20
China’s “unprecedented challenge” to decarbonise its energy production could be met if the government is ambitious enough, researchers have argued.
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6 Jan 20
At least $2bn has been pledged to fight the bush fires ravaging Australia by the country’s prime minister Scott Morrison.
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19 Dec 19
A huge hydropower project in the Solomon Islands will “open the door” for more public-private partnership schemes, prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has said.
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17 Dec 19
Many rural areas in the Asia Pacific region will have internet access for the first time after a new satellite was launched.
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16 Dec 19
The trade war between the US and China appears to have cooled, with a ‘phase one’ agreement having been agreed by both countries.
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13 Dec 19
Australia needs to push through fiscal reforms as its economic growth is not as strong as it could be, the IMF has said.
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10 Dec 19
‘Over-the-counter’ derivatives offer indefinite flexibility that can help governments finance long-term infrastructure projects, the Asian Development Bank’s Jonathan Grosvenor writes.
13 Feb 20Throughout Asia and the world, digital solutions are being found for urban problems. Policymakers and city leaders should ensure that the poor do not get left behind in this digital transformation of...
11 Feb 20Smaller countries around China are vulnerable to economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak, even if they have no confirmed cases, new research has suggested.
11 Feb 20Japan’s population is ageing and shrinking so quickly that there will be almost one elderly person for each working-age person by 2060, an assessment by the International Monetary Fund has found.
7 Feb 20The makeshift hospital built to treat coronavirus patients in central China began admitting patients just 12 days after construction started.
6 Feb 20Asia and the Pacific is not where it needs to be to meet the Sustainable Development Goals but there remains a decade to make up for lost time, argues the Asian Development Bank's Bart Édes.
28 Jan 20Governments have a responsibility to spend resources properly in order to create the high quality infrastructure their citizens need, argue Bruno Carrasco and Edwin Lau of the Asian Development Bank.
24 Jan 20East and South Asian economies face weak growth prospects amid trade tensions and uncertainty around policy, according to a new report.
24 Jan 20China has emerged as the country that donates the most international aid. But is it really the force for good it claims to be?
24 Jan 20New Zealand instituted a number of reforms in the 1980s and early 1990s that were radical by any international standards. Today they would be described as transformative. While they have by no means...
17 Jan 20Growth in China’s economy slowed last year to its weakest level since 1990, as the long trade war with the US continued to bite.
17 Jan 20Vietnam must develop quality infrastructure if it wants to expand its economy, the World Bank has said.
14 Jan 20Inaction on climate change is not an option with island nations especially at risk from its effects, a senior UN official has warned an international conference.
14 Jan 20In Sri Lanka, efforts need to be made to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics education for girls to support their employment potential, writes the Asian Development Bank’s Uzma...
10 Jan 20China made big progress on eliminating poverty in 2019, with one province claiming that just 17 of its 80 million residents were living under the poverty line.
9 Jan 20South Korea has set a record budget for research and development, with the government hoping to enhance the economy and improve the lives of Koreans.
7 Jan 20China’s “unprecedented challenge” to decarbonise its energy production could be met if the government is ambitious enough, researchers have argued.
6 Jan 20At least $2bn has been pledged to fight the bush fires ravaging Australia by the country’s prime minister Scott Morrison.
19 Dec 19A huge hydropower project in the Solomon Islands will “open the door” for more public-private partnership schemes, prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has said.
17 Dec 19Many rural areas in the Asia Pacific region will have internet access for the first time after a new satellite was launched.
13 Dec 19Australia needs to push through fiscal reforms as its economic growth is not as strong as it could be, the IMF has said.
10 Dec 19‘Over-the-counter’ derivatives offer indefinite flexibility that can help governments finance long-term infrastructure projects, the Asian Development Bank’s Jonathan Grosvenor writes.
