ADB, Japan to help countries tap space technology to fight natural disasters
Grant from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction will be used to train government, community officials and volunteers in Armenia, Bangladesh, Fiji,…
India needs rural innovations for boosting economy: study
Overall, India's strong pool of skilled, English-speaking graduates would aid in expansion of the country's services sector, says report
Africa: How climate change turned two of the world’s oldest tribes into enemies
Shrinking of the world's largest desert lake has triggered a survival battle among nomadic tribes in the Kenyan-Ethiopian border
Dream stuck in pipeline
The Melamchi project promised to end Kathmandu’s acute water shortage. But 15 years later, it is nowhere near completion
Asia, Pacific consuming natural resources too fast
WWF-ADB report recommends green growth and protection of terrestrial and marine environments
The last mayor of Kathmandu
Aditya Batra in conversation with Keshab Sthapit, a mayor famous for muscling his way to urban renewal
Development banks, industry say they are climate ready
Multilateral development banks reaffirm their pledge to boost climate financing ahead of Ban Ki-moon’s Climate Summit; a report says big …
ADB’s flawed water programme promotes scarcity
As the annual meet of the board of governors of Asian Development Bank gets under way near Delhi, a critique of the bank’s approach to …
Tata Mundra power project blamed for falling fish catch
Project yet to become fully functional has already destroyed creeks and mangroves, says report
Channelling of Green Climate Fund begins; fund board identifies seven entities
Process has begun months before COP 21 in Paris where countries will negotiate the new climate deal
Bhutan’s experiments with happiness
The idyllic Buddhist kingdom believes that peace and happiness should take preference over material growth. In a world beset by inequities and …