Monsoon stretching longer, displacing more people in south Asia: Report

Disasters displaced some 61.4 million people in south Asia in 2010-2021, according to IDMC and ADB report

COVID-19: Asia-Pacific region lost 8% of working hours in 2020, says report

The pandemic pushed 75-80 million people in developing Asia-Pacific region into extreme poverty in 2020

Disaster resilience in risk-prone Asia needs realistic policy and financial planning

Developing Asian nations must prioritise on building resilience strategy before such disasters strike, says ADB report

No way of knowing progress of 74% gender-related SDGs

Data is available on only 26 per cent of 85 gender indicators, says the first review of the status of women and girls in the Asia Pacific

Why the proposed Silver Line rail project in Kerala is a non-starter

The project is not economically viable; it will also have social and environmental impacts; instead, the government should look at possible …

India’s second COVID-19 wave could put its economic recovery at risk: ADB

Leading financial institution Asian Development Bank warns that while Asia-Pacific is recovering, the surge in India could halt any progress made

Reforming global governance institutions the Indian way

Multilateralism has not failed; it is the governments of nation states that have miserably failed to carry out the ethos of multilateralism.

$1.5 trillion global trade finance gap affecting SDG targets: ADB

Women entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises are the worst-hit