Under the influence of the Soviet Union, in the years up to 1990, Mongolia established a health care system based on the Semashko model, characterized…

Are stipends for girls in the secondary level worth supporting to enhance socioeconomic and demographic changes? This paper examines the impact of the…

In this study, freely available Landsat and Sentinel satellite images are used to measure various types of irrigation‑related information like…

COVID-19 and the economic response have amplified and changed the nature of development challenges in fundamental ways. Global development cooperation…

There are multidimensional short- and long-term impacts of disasters (natural and man-made) on human well-being. Despite this, restitution strategies…

This study investigates the long-run cross-economy dynamics in energy productivity across the world. We construct a data set comprising value-added and…

In this issue of Update from Washington DC.: Don’t Mess with Me: Combating Gender-based Violence in South Asia Through Art and Engagement; Insights…

The Subnational Governance Program in Nepal (SNGP) is implemented through a strategic partnership between the Australian Government’s Department of…

This report reviews regional public goods along with the challenges and benefits of their provision in Asia and Europe. Case studies and comparative…

This paper describes primary health care (PHC) in Mongolia and ADB support in its reform. It highlights results achieved and the lessons drawn that…

This publication presents a cost-effective “reduced information” approach for estimating purchasing power parities (PPPs).

Energy productivity is to a large extent driven by technological change but offset by economic structural change.