Asian development outlook 2024
Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific are forecast to expand by 4.9% on average this year as the region continues its resilient growth amid robust domestic demand, improving semiconductor exports,
Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific are forecast to expand by 4.9% on average this year as the region continues its resilient growth amid robust domestic demand, improving semiconductor exports,
Australia's neighbours in Asia - especially China - are emerging as the countries best placed to prosper from moves to cut greenhouse gas emissions, an international study has found. In their second
Sri Lanka could slash its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 19% of projected levels in 2020 at little or no long-term cost using an array of green power options, says a new study from the Asian Development
A conservation group claims that Google has something in common with illicit ivory traders in China and Thailand: It says the Internet search giant is helping fuel a dramatic surge in ivory demand in Asia
More resources are needed to stem the flow of the illegal African ivory trade, the Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species (Cites) says. A large amount of confiscated African ivory disappears
Sri Lanka could slash its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 19 percent of projected levels in 2020 at little or no long-term cost using an array of green power options, a new study from the Asian Development
The country received some ¥164 billion in disaster aid from abroad in the first year after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, a think tank survey showed. The amount was equivalent to some 40 percent
Environmental Investigation Agency says ads fuel surge in ivory demand that is killing African elephants at record rates Google is helping to fuel a dramatic surge in ivory demand in Asia that is killing
The United States has pledged more financial support to help tackle the illegal trade of wildlife and plants in Asean. Activists from Animal Activist Alliance Thailand call on the National Parks, Wildlife
African forest elephants face extinction if 'drastic measures' are not taken Forest elephant numbers have decreased by 62% across Central Africa over the last 10 years, according to a study. The
The quickest way to get goods from Asia to the U.S. East Coast in 2050 might well be straight across the Arctic, where a warming climate is expected to open new sea routes through what is now impenetrable