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While remittances from migrant workers continue to increase, they can only fuel economic growth if they enter the formal financial system and be channeled into productive investments.
Keeping a city safe from flood and waterborne diseases requires a holistic approach to water resources management.
The IMAGE Toolkit offers guidance on how to empower early married girls, prevent child marriage, and ensure sustainable impact.
Two of five adults in the Asia and Pacific region are overweight or obese and the costs associated with these conditions undermine economic growth as well as the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly on health.
Investments include water conservation, ecosystem rehabilitation, disaster prevention, and green growth capacity development.
Jiangxi province in the People’s Republic of China enhances forest productivity and ecosystem health using holistic and sustainable practices.
Banks need to update their business models as competition from fintechs disrupts the supply chain finance market.
Replacing dispersed coal burning with centralized district heating can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption.
In Nepal, a participatory and consensus-based approach proved critical in changing people’s ‘not in my backyard’ attitude toward a municipal project.
Bucking the digital trend, the appetite for cash is driven by such factors as opportunity cost, precautionary motives, aging, and demand from abroad.