Global poverty had been declining before COVID-19. By our calculations, extreme poverty, defined as those living in households spending…

The publication includes chapter 1 outlining the operations of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in response to COVID-19 (2020–2021), and…

The COVID-19, or coronavirus global pandemic, has required huge responses from governments all over the world. Timor-Leste has its own…

‘Development Letters’ is a new periodical that aims to promote ideas with important policy and practical implications for a developing…

Access to piped water could be a crucial determinant of differences in women’s socioeconomic outcomes between developed and developing…

This article focuses on the educational opportunities enabled by the responses to COVID-19, and examines major reforms in the Cambodian…

In many countries, particularly developing ones, onsite wastewater systems remain an important measure for sanitation management.

This report explores the new poverty reduction strategy of the People's Republic of China and focuses on the vulnerable,…

Asia will continue to drive global ageing in the first half of the century. By 2050, the population aged 65+ in Asia (or 60+ in Thailand…

The Review of Health and Disability System and the health transitions process provides an opportunity to design health services that…