After two years of human devastation, the world is learning to live with COVID-19 while trying to balance the protection of public health and livelihoods. For...
Transport ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are meeting this week to consider a potentially transformational agenda for how people and goods are moved around...
As the world observes the International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, we honour the leadership of persons with disabilities and their tireless efforts to build...
Authors: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Gillian Triggs* Most countries in the Asia-Pacific region are on track to reach universal birth registration by 2030: an incredible achievement...
As the leaders of Asia and the Pacific prepare to head to Glasgow for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), they...
Over the past two decades, the Asia-Pacific region has made remarkable progress in managing disaster risk. But countries can never let down their guard. The COVID-19...
The world is emerging from the biggest social and economic shock in living memory, but it will be a long time before the deep scars of...
The COVID-19 crisis poses an unprecedented threat to development in the Asia-Pacific region that could reverse much of the hard-earned progress made in recent years. The...
The Pacific Island Developing State of Vanuatu has emerged as one of the region’s great success stories. Vanuatu has joined the ranks of Samoa and the...
Authors: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Lim Jock Hoi* South-East Asia has long endured severe droughts, which occur on average every five years. The prolonged 2015 and...