Asian Development Outlook- April 2025
<p>Weak consumption in the People’s Republic of China will partly offset robust domestic demand in South Asia. Disinflation is expected to continue, driven by lower food and energy prices, along
South Asia
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Revised estimates of the impact of climate change on extreme poverty by 2030
Thousands of scenarios are used to provide updated estimates for the impacts of climate change on extreme poverty in 2030. The range of the number of people falling into poverty due to climate change is
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Internal Displacement 2020: Mid-Year Update
<p>Around 14.6 million new internal displacements were recorded across 127 countries and territories between January and June 2020, according to a new report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
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Asian Development Outlook 2020 Update: Wellness In Worrying Times
<p>As the pandemic persists, developing Asia is projected to contract by 0.7% in 2020—the first regional GDP contraction since the early 1960s. Developing Asia excluding the newly industrialized
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Investing in innovative solutions to manage cascading disaster risks: Key takeaways for stakeholders
<p>At present, South Asia is among the sub-regions where the spread of COVID-19 transmission is peaking. The intersection of the pandemic with the climate emergencies has created challenges that sub-region
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Investing in innovative solutions to manage cascading disaster risks: Key takeaways for stakeholders
<p>At present, South Asia is among the sub-regions where the spread of COVID-19 transmission is peaking. The intersection of the pandemic with the climate emergencies has created challenges that sub-region
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Protecting Children from Violence in the Time of COVID-19: Disruptions in prevention and response services
<p>Understanding the current status of violence prevention and response services is therefore essential to assessing risks to children. The report documents what has happened to such services across the
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Temporary Basic Income: Protecting Poor and Vulnerable People in Developing Countries
<p>As the rate of new COVID-19 cases accelerates across the developing world, it exposes the potentially devastating costs of job losses and income reversals. Unconditional emergency cash transfers can
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When crises converge: Responding to natural disasters in South Asia during Covid-19
<p>South Asia has been severely impacted by COVID-19 – with more than 20,000 deaths, around one million confirmed cases, and many millions of workers unemployed. The pandemic and the need for social
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COVID-19 and South Asia: National Strategies and Subregional Cooperation for Accelerating Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Recovery
<p>South Asia entered the COVID-19 crisis with a low level of preparedness: The COVID-19 outbreak hit South Asia at a time when the SDGs were gaining traction and countries had begun to make some progress.
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Lives Upended: How COVID-19 threatens the futures of 600 million South Asian children
<p>The South Asian region is likely to have around 360 million children pushed into poverty and food insecurity within the next six months, according to a UNICEF report released on June 23, 2020. Over