A recent analysis by the U.N. children’s agency found that more than 500 million children in East Asia and Pacific countries ...

In the face of these challenges, sustainable infrastructure, climate action, and resilient health systems emerge as pillars ...

In 25 years, the Philippines suffered massive declines on three fronts: 1) in the output and growth rate of agriculture, once the economy’s mainstay and biggest employer; 2) in economic growth, down ...

To tackle food insecurity in Asia, countries must innovate, collaborate with neighbours and leverage global platforms ...

Martin Raiser, vice president of the World Bank (WB) for South Asia, arrived in Dhaka on a four-day visit yesterday, which the global financial institution stated was aimed at reinforcing its ...

On these core issues for the continent’s development, the chairman of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) – a ...

As the administration considers folding USAID into the State Department, it should study lessons learned from Australia, ...

The World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region, Martin Raiser, arrives in Dhaka on Saturday, February 8.

The resource-rich African nation has struggled with high poverty rates and poor sanitation despite its oil wealth.

Mourners including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gathered in Lisbon on February 8 to commemorate the Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of the worl ...

Decisions of US President Trump have precipitated a funding crisis in many low- and middle-income countries for health and ...

The Trump administration's 'America first' focus lets China fill the vacuum in Southeast Asia and set the rules for ...