This brief emphasizes that Asia and the Pacific is at a crossroads in its efforts to forge a sustainable future and urges policy action to put the…
03 Nov 2020
The Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors is an opportunity to provide guidance on the administrative, financial, and…
02 Nov 2020
Japan and Thailand are geographically similar in that both countries have a vast coastline and a population that is concentrated in urban areas.…
30 Oct 2020
Developing Asia has seen a buildup of public and private debt since the global financial crisis. Private debt in particular has grown rapidly, raising…
30 Oct 2020
Most Southeast Asian countries are struggling to improve their waste management systems. They have enacted and refined laws on waste management,…
30 Oct 2020
Multilateral Matters is the quarterly publication of the Centre for Multilateralism Studies (CMS), analyzing the most recent developments regarding…
30 Oct 2020
NTS Bulletin is a monthly periodical that discusses current issues concerning Climate change, Energy, food, water and Health security; Humanitarian…
30 Oct 2020
The importance of services trade and “servicification” of economic activity has grown in countries overtime. However, regulatory and administrative…
30 Oct 2020
A first instinct might be to look to earlier pandemics. There have been several, and they share the characteristic of being health events which…
30 Oct 2020
Sri Lanka has already made considerable progress in reducing cigarette consumption. However, cigarette consumption is still large among specific…
30 Oct 2020
Sri Lanka has already made considerable progress in reducing cigarette consumption. However, cigarette consumption is still large among specific…
30 Oct 2020
The present study was a continuation of our ongoing research at Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) to assess Pakistan National…
30 Oct 2020