The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has released a report, with the Asia Society, by a high-level Task Force on Food Security and Sustainability in Asia titled "Never an Empty Bowl: Sustaining Food Security in Asia." The report presents steps that governments, businesses, NGOs and regional and international organizations can take, highlighting the potential for public-private partner

Developing Asia's rapidly expanding middle class is likely to assume the traditional role of the US and Europe as primary global consumers and help rebalance the global economy, says a report on Asia

It is an empirical fact that it is very difficult to balance economic growth, poverty reduction, and environment protection, particularly for developing and transitional economies.

ADB has upgraded its 2010 growth forecast for the 14 economies of
emerging East Asia to an aggregate 8.1 percent from the 7.7 percent
projected in the former Asian Development Outlook 2010, published in
April.

A survey on fuel economy in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) was conducted to assist ASEAN and its Member Countries to adopt a pro-active approach to promote fuel economy by establishing a common framework for adopting fuel economy policies and measures.

Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) seeks to contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment.

This publication lays out a strategy which identifies and presents a broad framework for integrated water resources planning and management, to increase the level of resilience to climate change in Himachal Pradesh.

Air quality management in cities have been traditionally evaluated using the good versus bad list analysis

This brief explains the importance of empowering people after natural disasters by giving them access to their rights and entitlements, allowing them to reconstruct the legal foundation for their lives and livelihoods.

This is the recent assessment by CAI-Asia of status and challenges of air quality management in Asia. Provides an overview of status of air quality and the ambient air quality standards adopted by developing Asian countries.

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