Development of Green Bonds in Asia: Climate Contributions and Stakeholder Dynamics Published: 3 March 2021 This report assesses the extent to which green bonds help Asia meet the Paris Agreement, and delivers a mapping and analysis of the key green bond actors and stakeholders in Asia.
In South Korea, pandemic data transparency comes at a high cost Published: 28 January 2021 Efforts to follow social distancing and mask-wearing rules have been crucial to South Korea’s success in containing the Covid-19 pandemic, but experts worry that other measures—such as sharing data from confirmed cases—have stigmatised and harmed marginalised communities.
Token Economy: Safeguarding Community Core Values Published: 26 January 2021 While mainstream social media platforms are deliberately filtering core values in weighted proportions, this article proposes a blockchain-based token economy to safeguard the core values of communities in a bottom-up manner.
The Myth of Good Plastic Published: 21 January 2021 Plastic is a material that used to be a symbol of progress and modernity. Now it represents an industry that subordinates everything to profit, even if the world is ruined in the process.
Gender and Digitisation in Asia: Future Policy Pathways Published: 21 January 2021 To ensure that the fourth industrial revolution realises its transformative potential instead of exacerbating and creating new gender inequalities, it is important to understand the many intersections of digitisation and gender from a policy perspective. This paper examines the gendered dimensions of ICT in Asian countries, particularly South Asia and Southeast Asia/ASEAN.
The Echo Chamber Effect Published: 19 January 2021 As social media platforms proficiently feed users with self-affirming posts and pleasant experiences, the adverse effect is that people get trapped in their mental comfort zones, losing touch with different communities and alternative viewpoints.
