The Edge Malaysia, a business and financial publication, quotes The Asia Foundation’s climate consultant Darshan Joshi in a cover story on how carbon pricing works and how it will impact…
A region defined by water consistently ranks among the world’s worst for access to drinking water and basic sanitation. Why?
Investing in disaster preparedness isn’t just an economic gamble that only pays off when disaster strikes.
Around 150 participants (via a hybrid model of four live locations linked to one another and to others online) attended the third Mekong-Australia Policy Dialogue, including members of Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong…
An investigation in Cambodia’s vital Stung Chinit watershed has found that solutions to water inequality lie at the crossroads of irrigation infrastructure and gender.
As COP26 nears an end in Glasgow, Scotland, it’s time to reflect on the consequences of Asia’s lack of resilient infrastructure.
The Asia Foundation is one of 34 selected fund recipients of the Google.org Impact Challenge for Women and Girls, receiving USD 1 million for a forest stewardship empowerment project for…
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics contribute significantly to global environmental degradation. Fortunately, PET plastics can also be recycled, multiple times, to make fabrics, fibers, and other synthetic products. Approximately 10 percent…
A two-decade push by Bangladesh to reform its leather tanning industry was supposed to clean up pollution and end worker exploitation. So far, it hasn’t quite worked out as planned.
The Covid-19 crisis may feel familiar to Nepalis. Just five years ago, Nepal was reeling from another disaster that destroyed critical infrastructure and cut people off from vital goods and services.
Barhta Pakistan (loosely translated as progressive Pakistan), incorporates a series of initiatives aimed at making cities more business friendly. Here are a some of the highlights: A platform for women…
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