Policy

News Hour: Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao and Ulrika Modeer, Sweden’s State Secretary to the Minister for International Development Cooperation and ADB Governor, met during the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and...

News Hour: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a €22 million ($24.5 million equivalent) credit for the Kosovo Water Security and Canal Protection Project. The new project aims to restore the main water...

News Hour: Representatives from the British High Commission (BHC), Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) and the Irish Embassy signalled their continuing support for the repeal of the outdated seditious and libel laws within Part 5...

News Hour: Pumpkin production in a sandy land is one of the solutions that has been helping extreme poor to move out of poverty in Bangladesh. Thousands of extremely poor living in the river embankment of...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $1.5 billion to Bangladesh to build a dual-gauge railway line that will bring key trade and tourism to the southernmost parts of Bangladesh. The new railway, part...

News Hour: Economic developments in Cambodia in 2016 have broadly unfolded as expected, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released today. ADB, in an update of its flagship annual economic publication, Asian Development Outlook...

News Hour: The UK is stepping up humanitarian efforts in northern Iraq to put in place food, shelter and water ahead of a major Iraqi-led operation to retake Mosul city from Daesh forces, International Development Secretary...

News Hour: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a agreement with the Government of Uganda to provide grant aid of up to 2.136 billion yen for the Project for Improvement of Gulu Municipal Council Roads...

News Hour: The government of Paraguay has failed to act to protect a group of uncontacted tribal people, despite having been ordered to do so in February of this year. Six months ago the Inter-American Commission...

News Hour: Water security in Asia and Pacific has progressed overall in the past 5 years, but major challenges remain, including overexploited groundwater, demand from rising populations, and climate variability, according to a new report from...