the world's freshwater supplies go to agriculture; in South Asia, agriculture uses over 90%. On-farm greenhouse gas …; in Asia, during the same period, on-farm GHG emissions grew by 27%, from 2.5 to 3.2 GtCO2e. All of this puts agriculture … to "end hunger" and "achieve food security and improved nutrition," while promoting "sustainable agriculture." Lifting …

Asia region, but also recommends that interventions take into account a series of factors if the impacts of the economic …

crisis has discouraged United States (US) private consumption, which in turn has significantly reduced exports from Asia …. However, Asia's private consumption is at a very low level even when compared with the current reduced US private consumption …

development banks in the area of development finance). Asia could contribute to this transformation by building effective …

is becoming - one long-term response to the crisis by Asia's emerging economies. In the long run, sustainable economic … commercial and industrial enterprises in developing Asian states, particularly in Asia's more advanced developing economies. …

This study evaluates infrastructure investment and finance in Asia from a global perspective. It provides an overview … on infrastructure needs and the various sources of private finance, globally and within Asia, and creates a "bigger … domestic product. The picture is expectedly not uniform across Asia, but some interesting features emerge from global …

new regional institutions that Asia needs to establish to contribute to this evolving global economic architecture. …