Publications

Resurgent Asia provides an analytical narrative of Asia's incredible economic development, situated in the wider context of historical, political, and social factors. It also [...]

Many of the world's poorest countries can be described as "fragile states" wherein governments cannot or will not provide an environment for households to reduce, mitigate or [...]

Growth, poverty reduction, and social peace are all undermined when public expenditure management and taxation are weak and when the fiscal deficit and public debt are not man[...]

Policy coherence implies that donors in pursuing domestic policy objectives should avoid adversely affecting the development prospects of poor countries. To achieve policy coh[...]

World hunger is prevalent yet receives relatively less attention compared to poverty. The MDGs have taken a step to address this with the resolution of halving the number of s[...]

Although the impacts of violent conflict on investment, production, incomes and inequality have been widely studied on an aggregate level, comparatively less is known about th[...]

What can the less well-off developing countries learn from the "successes" of other developing countries? This Policy Brief highlights successful development strategies and le[...]

This policy brief examines the context, development and future of the human rights regime in the Americas —a region where people in many states have suffered brutal repression[...]

Cambodian academic institutions' insufficient research capacity has been stalling the advancement of the nation's much-needed environmental planning and management. Drawing on[...]

The increasingly destructive weapons and indistinct nature of modern conflicts are further complicating the moral issues of resort to war, and legitimate methods and targets i[...]

Every minute, at least one woman dies from pregnancy and childbirth complications; a further 20 suffer injury, infection or disease. Despite medical advances, and years of pol[...]

Since the 2000s, African cities have witnessed a series of interventions to improve water and sanitation. This brief outlines key lessons learned from the intervention experie[...]

Global challenges have made the world more diffi cult to govern today, compared to 20 years ago. In this context, states can no longer govern alone; they need assistance. The [...]

While globalization brings opportunities for economic growth, international trade creates opportunities for the globaliza- tion of unsafe food. As trade liberaliza- tion opens[...]

Countries under transition from war to peace or from an authoritarian to a democratic regime face fundamental political and social transformations and difficulties in emerging[...]

Education on disasters has tended to focus on disaster response and recovery, as opposed to proactive actions to reduce disaster risk and increase preparedness. Furthermore, d[...]

Water has been a cause of conflict in many Asian countries since ancient times, primarily due to the tensions between increasing demand and decreasing availability and, lately[...]

Transformative change in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) builds on local innovations fostered through adaptive co-management to enable social-ecol[...]

Policymakers face a variety of challenges in implementing the 2030 Agenda. These include translating the SDGs and targets into national priorities, building on synergies and a[...]

A co-benefits approach is a way to achieve several positive outcomes along multiple dimensions through a single policy. It is used in the climate change literature to refer to[...]

This policy brief synthesises strategies for policy coherence, drawing from experiences and lessons in managing socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) wh[...]

Every year the World Risk Report (WRR) features an update of the World Risk Index (WRI), which calculates the vulnerability and exposure to natural hazards of over 170 countri[...]

The 2014 World Risk Report (WRR 2014) systematically considers a country's vulnerability, and its exposure to natural hazards to determine a ranking of countries around the wo[...]

Increasing numbers of children and adults are displaced or migrating due to the impacts of climate change, affecting their right to education. Gaps in data at the intersection[...]

This policy brief identifies ICT solutions to prevent and mitigate environmental challenges in the Greater Mekong Subregion while addressing the SDGs and supporting the missio[...]

Sustainable and affordable housing is critical for achieving SDG 11 (sustainable cities & communities). Housing policy should support environmentally sound housing that consid[...]

Countries in the Asia-Pacific region are setting up implementation arrangements for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by instituting governance structures and incorpor[...]

The issue of housing links multiple SDGs. For the urban poor, adequate, safe, and affordable housing is a prerequisite for economic prosperity and social inclusion. Well-defin[...]

Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) show marked progress by countries as well as challenges in their respective pursuit of implementing the 2030 Agenda. Countries across the glo[...]

Gender equality is a cross-cutting issue that affects all dimensions of sustainable development; women must be at the centre of the 2030 Agenda. Despite the interlinkages betw[...]

Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) rely heavily on imported fossil fuels, leaving them vulnerable to unpredictable shifts in global fuel prices and supply disrupt[...]

Human rights are at the core of the United Nations (UN) system and are one of the building blocks of sustainable peacebuilding. Although these principles have long been recogn[...]

In Asia, urban water security garners much greater attention than any other water-related issue. This is largely because of deteriorating infrastructure, rising demand for wat[...]