This paper examines income inequality across provincial-level administrative units in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

This brief highlights the importance of transformative strategies to promote gender equality in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence ecosystem…

Thailand, an upper middle-income country, has developed innovative solutions to complex problems in a wide range of areas, especially in climate…

To support economic recovery, ADB is assisting Solomon Islands to invest in transport, water supply, energy, urban infrastructure and services,…

Drawing on rich examples from Asia and the Pacific, this brief explains how adaptive social protection provisions can be strengthened to better protect…

This study finds that a microcredit program in poor rural areas of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) significantly increases household income and…

This publication sets out a reproducible methodology that combines remote sensing and area frame survey methods in An Giang, Viet Nam, with probability…

This brief reviews prevailing foreign exchange regulatory reporting practices. It highlights the need for standardization and opportunities to make the…

Economies seeking to accelerate digital transformation must invest not only in connectivity but also in human capital, effective institutions, and…

This brief highlights the need to close the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education as crucial for sustainable…

Using rural Bangladesh data and an instrumental variable approach, this paper shows that women’s mobile phone ownership is significantly associated…