Potential of the informal recycling sector to become a primary supply chain for collecting industrial-scale volumes of post-consumer recyclable waste in urban #India : development.asia/insight/unders… Siddharth Hande #cities #pollution #CircularEconomy Development Asia Bernard Woods

Appreciate Center for Global Development work here, but this characterization in the Reuters story is a bit misleading. The analysis says Asian Development Bank and Inter-American Development Bank are actually ahead of the other MDBs in fully implementing elements of the reform agenda. cc: Nancy Lee Amanda Glassman

« Curieusement, la diffusion de cette étude n’a pas fait grand bruit, comme si on ne voulait pas se réjouir des nouvelles rassurantes. » L’éclipse (du français) n’a pas eu lieu | La Presse lapresse.ca/actualites/edi…

Good discussion of these important issues in Luang Prabang this week. New ASEAN FinMin platform for climate finance policy, backed by Asian Development Bank, is a promising step forward. apnews.com/article/asean-…

Does Bengaluru ( #Bangalore ) provide a jobs & economic model for application in other developing countries? nytimes.com/2024/04/02/bus… Patricia Cohen Richard Baldwin #India

The #PRC has unveiled an Ultra Large-Scale #Blockchain Infrastructure Platform for the Belt and Road Initiative: news.bitcoin.com/chinese-govern…. #BRI Conflux Network Official #infrastructure #IndoPacific #digital

Canada's largest Asian supermarket is about to dive into the American market (hello, #Bellevue , WA): youtube.com/watch?v=tjHKyY… #food #chineseculture #Taiwan #Vancouver

Report from Knight Frank projects a 47% increase in #China ’s ultra-high-net-worth individuals by 2028: jingdaily.com/posts/china-le… Jing Daily | 精奢商业观察

What does Gates Foundation new Open Access policy mean for research publishing?

Tom Drake explores the reasoning behind the policy, how it helps tackle persistent challenges, and ways researchers can embrace this shift towards equity and innovation 👇
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Coming this August: The Routledge Books Handbook of Global and #Digital #Governance Crossroads: Stakeholder Engagement & Democratization. The publication will include my chapter on How Social Movements are Harnessing Technology to Decentralize Governance: amazon.com/Routledge-Hand…

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is looking to fill a newly created position - Senior Civil Society Coordinator: aiib.org/en/opportuniti… Jeffrey Hiday

GreenHub, a Vietnamese nongovernment organization, has worked with the country’s government to design and pilot a platform empowering the public to address the #plasticpollution problem: development.asia/case-study/red… Development Asia #environment #sustainability

Sri Lanka and #China are collaborating on the upgrading of Sri Lankan ports: news18.com/world/sri-lank… #BRI #infrastructure #IndoPacific #SouthAsia

International #trade policy expert Stephen Olson on the (rather serious) implications of a #Trump presidency for the World Trade Organization and global trading system: asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Trump-… AsianTradeCentre #WTO

The over-securitization of the US- #PRC scholarly relationship inhibits a recoupling of ties, a situation which stifles research, limits overseas study, reduces mutual understanding & harms the national interest of both countries: csis.org/analysis/china… CSIS Scott Kennedy

Thailand this week moved closer to legalizing marriage equality, after lawmakers in the lower house of parliament overwhelmingly approved a bill to allow unions between partners of any gender.

On 23 April, the Asia Society Policy Institute will host a talk in NYC with the President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Jin Liqun, on the AIIB’s evolution, current operations, and path going forward: asiasociety.org/policy-institu… Jeffrey Hiday Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) AIIB

A state president of #Vietnam has been forced out of office for the second time in little over 14 months. On March 20, the Communist Party of Vietnam accepted the resignation of Vo Van Thuong as the government statement alluded to “violations” and “shortcomings.”

A paper from Center for Global Development highlights ways in which low- and middle-income countries can mobilize financing for #health : cgdev.org/publication/fu… Amanda Glassman Janeen Madan Keller Eleni Smitham

What an awful joke. amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…