Metro Manila – one of the largest economic hubs in Southeast Asia – is the economic powerhouse of the Philippines, home to roughly 11 percent of the country’s population and contributing 32…

Helping beneficiary households better cope with adverse life events is one of the main assurances of social protection programs.

While the Philippines has established these comprehensive laws and action plans to address plastic pollution, more effective implementation and stakeholder involvement are necessary to achieve…

Digital public infrastructure can enable essential society-wide functions and services such as identification, payments, and data exchange.

The Metro Manila Flood Management Project is part of a master plan of interventions to improve flood management in the capital of the Philippines. It seeks to rehabilitate worn-out pumping…

Read more about a new study conducted by the East Asia and Pacific Gender Innovation Lab (EAPGIL), which evaluated the impact of the Philippines conditional cash transfer program Pantawid…

Learn more about the potential of the sovereign green, social and sustainability bond market to mobilize private capital.

With over a century of experience, Japan is at the forefront of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. With the World Bank they’re building a robust partnership to boost resilient…

A new World Bank Working Paper investigates the impact of lockdowns on the international trade of the Philippines, one of East Asia’s top traders, and one of the countries in the region most…

With extensive coastlines, many island nations, and low-lying territories, the East Asia and Pacific region is highly susceptible to climate-related disasters. The region has developing and…