TECH & INNOVATION
We live in an archipelago. Why can’t Filipinos swim?
In a country composed of 7,641 islands and one of the world's longest coastlines, a bizarre phenomenon stands out—around half ...
The ‘White Lotus Effect’ Makes Overtourism in Thailand Worse
HBO’s hit series White Lotus casted Thai global sensation Lisa and shot in Thailand, inciting a tourism frenzy at the ...
The Rise of Impact Jobs You Never Knew Existed in Asia
"I entered this space really by accident," says Hannah Fernandez, a chief correspondent at Eco-Business. Seven years ago, she traded ...
How to Formalize a Hidden Workforce of Waste Workers
Sachets, food waste, and crumpled paper fester and mix inside a residential trash bag in Vietnam. A middle-aged woman rummages ...
The Untapped Potential of Small-Scale Fisheries in Asia
At the break of dawn, millions of boats dot the coastlines of Asia, their occupants ready to set out for ...
Natural gas build-up endangers coastal residents in the Philippines
On the coast of Batangas, liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and gas-fired power plants are projected to nearly triple. A ...
How Water Affects Conflict (From Dune 2 to Reality)
Water is a fundamental right and necessity. However, it has long been a source of conflict and tension throughout human ...
From Greasy to Clean: The magic transformation from kitchen waste oil to sustainable aviation fuel in China
Episode 1: Produced in kitchen leftovers Fig1. Waste oil from school cafeteria leftovers In the process of enjoying various kinds ...
The Nature Conservation and Renewable Energy Conundrum
After global leaders pledged to triple renewable capacity in COP28, word breaks out about a wind farm installation that threatens ...
Diinsider Life’s 2023 Recap: Hurdles and Breakthroughs in the Development Sector
Many areas have seen a halt to progress, in part due to a convergence of crises that include the ongoing ...
Why food waste crisis is a critical environmental problem in Southeast Asia?
Food has a very high degree of complexity. It is a vital component of all societies, something we must survive, ...
2023 SDGs progress report: The peculiarity of Nigerian progress
By A A ISAACTAMSON “The seventeen (17) Sustainable Development Goals are integrated…they recognized that action in one area will affect ...
Challenges and opportunities: The road of industrial transformation and upgrading in Yiwu
By Jiawei Li, Junhan Xu, Yicheng Yao "Manufacturing relocation is inevitable; Southeast Asian and South American countries will take over ...
What did Ecuador’s largest hydropower project bring to the country?
By Zhouai Joann Yu “Ecuador has 30% of our energy production based on hydropower. Sounds good right?” says Emilio Cobo, ...
Local Entrepreneurship and Global Competitiveness: From Yiwu Toy Industry to the Whole Market
By Wenxuan Song, Yinlong Shen, Yuan Ning, Yufan Zhu Dating back to the Qing Qianlong period, as the saying goes, ...
Sustainable tourism: preserving the ecosystem and creating livelihood
One of the horrible ironies of the climate problem is that some of the most stunning and well-known locations on ...
A comprehensive look at social enterprises in Thailand
The numerous social, economic, and environmental issues brought on by capitalism have given rise to social enterprise (SE), which has ...
Exposing the gender divide in Nigerian digital literacy
By A A IsaacTamson The modern world arrogated that technology is pulling down the pillars of ancient Nigeria; it pointed ...
What needs to be done to close the gender gap in Uganda’s education
By A A ISAACTAMSON Gender discrimination has changed its garment. It is very much alive today in almost all countries ...
Addressing child labour issue in Africa for a sustainable future
In the last four years, there has been a dramatic increase of 8.4 million children, bringing the total number of ...
Exploring the situation of Social Enterprises in ASEAN
This is Diinsider's introductory series of articles exploring the environment of social enterprises in ASEAN. Since about ten years ago, ...
Small Loans, Big Issues: Microfinance and Women Empowerment
In 1974, Professor Yunus made a $27 loan to the villagers of Jobra who were too poor to get any ...
“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose”: why and how Shakespeare is a complex figure in decolonization of education
By Jingye Tang Since the Black Lives Matters movements in 2020, popular and academic appeals for further decolonization in education ...
A Comparative Perspective on Giving Day Based on GivingTuesday and 99 Giving Day
By: Ying Wang “Ying, the big day is almost here” “Can we count on you to make an impact, Ying?” ...
Examine How Preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage Influences Ethnic Women Empowerment
By: Yu Wan, Honggu Zhou, Xiang Zheng, Jingyi Liao, Zihan Zhang There are more than 5000 ethnic groups in the ...
Nepal Meets Menstrual Cup
By: Aishwarya Rani Singh In the year 2012, I joined Bachelors in Development Studies at National College. It was after ...
Importance of Community-based Initiative for Disaster Risk Reduction
By: ThinnNay Chi Sun Flood is regarded as one of the most continual natural hazards which can quickly become significant ...
Learning while Facebooking
By: AA Isaactamson In prehistoric times when access to education was limited, people jumped from library to library in search ...
Effects of Insecurity on Education
By: AA Isaactamson Globally, security has remained a subject of great concern. No nation or society can boast of being ...
Nigerian Youths’ Role in the Emergence of a new Nigeria
By: Abdulmalik Adetola Lawal The situation in Nigeria from the onset of gaining independence has been enveloped with socio, political, ...
The Real Influencers: Celebrities
By: A A Isaactamson It is clear to all that locally and globally, celebrities are fast becoming key actors in ...
The gaping hollow in India’s obligations as a welfare state
By: Shivani Raheja Health security as a responsibility of the State Good health is “both essential and instrumental to human ...
Redefining Masculinity: Are Men Ready to Challenge the Stereotypes?
By: Wai Yan Lin The majority of men in society have been trying to live up to the expectations of ...
Through the lens of E-Naira: Looking at the future of the Central Bank Digital Currency
By: A A Isaactamson With the inception of technology, growing opportunities, and the financial incentives associated with the digital technology; ...
Embracing Feminism: A way to ensure Inclusive Development and Gender Equality
By: Asif Amer “From being apologetic of the label 'feminist', I have become convinced of the need to use the ...
The dilemma of work and family for rural women in China: how do government and enterprises address it?
By: Juliana Sun, Maggie Sun, Weiyi Wang, Xiangjun Ye Among the rolling hills of Ceheng County in Guizhou province, China, ...
Internalized Misogyny and How it Affects Women in Development
By: Victoria Thaw We have all heard of the words Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, etc but we do not often hear ...
The challenges faced by India’s frontline healthcare (S) heroes
By: Shivani Raheja India’s healthcare system houses a three-tiered structure. This includes Sub-centres, Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Community Health ...
Education: Game Changer for Refugee Women and Girls in Kakuma
By: Anastasia Chen, Cici Chen, Daisy Ding, Raining Li, Zora Zhang Not long ago, the Tokyo Olympics came to a ...
Monitoring and Evaluation 101 with Levante International Development
By: Samyuktha Sethuraman Monitoring and Evaluation, commonly known as M&E is probably something we have already heard by now, especially ...
Why Anti-Food Waste Law Is Necessary
By: Yayun Lai On the 5th of May 2021, Youth With You, a trendy talent show where over 100 trainees compete ...
Elderly Care in China: Obstacles and Innovations
By: Liuliu Zhang Aging is an inevitable trend in China and will be so for quite a long time. The ...
Financing Renewable Resources to Mitigate Climate Change
By: Marc Aguilar, Yunish Ghimire Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of this generation. The research on ...
Is Moving Towards Digital Sustainability Marketing of Benefit to All?
By: Mahira Rodoshee & Yayun Lai With consumers placing more focus on the environmental effect of the product, it's dawning ...
No Child’s Play: Understanding the Challenges Faced By Children Worldwide During COVID-19
By: Siyi Chu and Harshvi Trivedi Gargi Mishra is a 21-year old Teach for India fellow teaching in a low-income ...
Myanmar in triple peril: COVID-19, military coup, and hunger
By: Lara Grace Palay & Liuliu Zhang In 2015, world leaders created a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ...
Analysis: Gender Disparity Amidst COVID-19
By: Danyun Xiong, Phoo Pwint The year 2020 is unlike any other in the course of human history. The outbreak ...
How far are we in achieving a plastic-free world?
By: Hans Ethan Carbonilla, Punkhuri Kumar When we see waters from the river flowing, lakes being calm, waterfalls roaring, the ...
Social Impact 101
By: Samyuktha Sethuraman Social Impact. If you are in the Development sector, you might have heard these two words quite ...
Who Run The World? Understanding The Role of Women in Protests Around The World
By: Harshvi Trivedi Protesting is as fundamental a right as voting. In the last few years, many demonstrations have shown ...
1 Person, 1 Yuan, 1 Day, 1 Family: One Foundation leads the creation of a more inclusive society in China
By: Liuliu Zhang A More Inclusive Society for Children with Autism Every April 2nd, on the World Autism Awareness Day, ...
The Pathway to China’s Carbon Neutral Goal
By: Yayun Lai On the 18th meeting of the Comprehensively Deepening Reform Committee, Chinese leader Xi Jinping once again highlighted ...
A Closer Look into Thailand’s Digital Economy: Success and Challenges
By: Thawdar Lwin In the digital era, the digital economy is emerging exponentially because of its dynamic nature and the ...
The Unfunny Side of the Meme Culture
By: Punkhuri Kumar Most of us spend hours scrolling through our Facebook and Instagram feeds, looking at memes and sharing ...
Struggles of Dhaka’s Street food Vendors to Survive During Pandemic
By: Mahira Nazniba Rodoshee A day in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, cannot be imagined without the delicious and ...
Earthier: Fighting Diabetes and Empowering Farmers
By: Yunish Ghimire Abhinandan Dhakal, a masters student of Environmental Economics from the University of York, wanted to make a ...
Young Filipinos, Speak! Our Voices Matter
By: Faustina Talita Dizon The Philippines is faced with an uncertain future. Today’s pressing societal issues such as education disparity, ...
Shadow Education: A Barrier to the Universalization of Education?
If one were to ask, what is the purpose of education, there would not be one straightforward answer. If we ...
Battling the pandemic medical wastes through Filipino technology
By: Frances Kristene Alvero-Laguda With the continued battle against COVID-19 in the Philippines, so is the continued rise in the ...
What does Carbon Trade entail for Nepal?
By: Yunish Ghimire In January of 2021, The World Bank approved an Emission Reduction (ER) project in the Terai area ...
Fighting Gender Inequality through the Philippines’ Roots
By: Marc Adrian Aguilar The Philippines had been hailed as one of the countries embracing gender equality. The Global Gender ...
Who is ‘She’; Why is ‘She’ unnoticed?
By: Pranesh Lavania Well in my humble opinion, ‘She’ is the only ‘God’ but let’s understand how the world views ...
Local efforts help protect the endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins in Myanmar
By: Thinn Nay Chi Sun The iconic Irrawaddy dolphins of Myanmar are facing a range of threats from economic development ...
Digging Deep: Covid-19 school closures around the world will hit girls The hardest
By: Sania Akter Riza Schools typically provide safe spaces for girls. When they are in school, they are less likely ...
How Improving English Language Skills can contribute to Socio-Economic Development of Myanmar?
By: Aung Myin Thu & Kyal Sin Phu Before Myanmar’s independence in 1948 was gained, a significant number of records ...
It’s Time to Finance Myanmar’s Future, But How?
By: Thinn Nay Chi Sun & Li Bolun Identifying the right projects that are financially viable and socially meaningful has ...
How microfinance projects can contribute development to Myanmar?
By: Thinn Nay Chi Sun The increasing numbers of Microfinance Institutions are trying to win over the 33 million unbacked ...
A Liveable Cebu: Making it Happen with These 3 Local Initiatives
By: Lara Eviota Cebu, Philippines is known for its picturesque beaches, stunning mountains, and summery vibes. For its scenic views, ...
Have a glance at these Responsible Businesses at the different corners of the world
By: Yingle Su and Shune Lai Thida To start positive changes and create sustainable social impact, people around the globe ...
The next-generation of business is not just about making money anymore
By: Yingle Su Climate change. Air pollution. Sea level rise. Increasing human activities is gradually encroaching our planet. Business activities ...
Widening Horizons: Opportunities for Social Entrepreneurs Around the World
By: Bushra Humaira Sadaf & Rasha Gobaco As selfless as the cause of social entrepreneurship sounds, it is gaining experience, ...
Why We Need to Talk About The Impact of Flood in Myanmar’s Agriculture Sector
By: Thinn Nay Chi Sun The agriculture sector is Myanmar’s main industry producing 23% of the country’s gross domestic ...