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Different Genders, Different Decisions: Why Asian Women aren’t in Work
A new ADB report shows that how women decide to spend time differs to men, and that helps to understand why many women don’t join the formal workforce – and why, if they do, they are still likely to earn less than men and less likely to gain promotion.
Hard Data and Hard Choices: Disaster Risk Financing in an Asian City
Floods in India and Pakistan, typhoons in the Philippines and the recent earthquake in Nepal have reminded city leaders of the urgent need to safeguard the lives of their people, protect costly infrastructure, and ensure services and businesses can continue after disaster strikes.
How to Make Asia’s Cities ‘Livable’
By 2050, up to 65% of Asia’s population is expected to live in cities. With urbanization growing at such at a breakneck speed, many believe that how cities cope with it may well determine the region’s long-term productivity and overall stability.
Fast Facts: Development Finance for the SDGs in Asia
Financing the anticipated and wide-ranging SDGs in Asia and the Pacific alone could cost well over 1ドル trillion per year, according to a new ADB report.
Why the Gender Gap Hurts Asia’s Long-Term Growth Potential
Women in Asia are on average 70% less likely than men to be employed, a gender gap that persists despite booming economic growth, decreasing fertility rates and increasing access to education in the region, according to a new ADB report.
Can More Social Protection Stop the 'Race to the Bottom' in Asia?
Asia’s economic growth owes a lot to the rise of both big business and SMEs. But left alone, there is little incentive for private firms to do more for workers beyond the norm.
How to Channel Migrant Remittances to Deliver Growth
Migrant remittances, a lifeline for many developing countries in Asia and the Pacific, have grown dramatically with barely any support by the public sector or donor agencies. A recent ADB forum discussed how governments can make better use of this money to create domestic job opportunities.
World Health Day: Where Developing Asia Stands on the Health MDGs
As we approach the deadline for the Millenium Development Goals, how has developing Asia performed so far on achieving the MDGs related to health? Here are a few highlights based on ADB’s latest data.
Twenty Years after Beijing: We Must Invest Still More in Asia’s Women and Girls
There has certainly been progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted in 1995 – but we still have a long way to go.
How to Finance Stable, Inclusive Growth in Asia
The Asian Development Outlook 2015 highlights how developing Asia’s financial development still lags the advanced economies by a wide margin despite good progress. What can we do to bridge that gap, and also ensure ensure the region’s financial sector grows in a stable, inclusive way?