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Experience from other countries shows online business registries are transparent and easy to use, encouraging enterprises to formalize their business.
A study examines the feasibility of applying computer vision techniques to satellite data of the Philippines and Thailand to produce poverty maps.
Policies being undertaken in the Pacific are helping businesses move from the informal to the formal sector and generate better jobs.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government provides market analysis, such as consumption patterns and purchasing power, to help small entrepreneurs succeed.
A new book identifies ways to stimulate Asian economic growth through a shift from traditional industrial policies to indigenous innovation.
The Sri Lanka Southern Transport Development Project offers lessons in implementing large infrastructure projects involving multiple development partners and affecting many people and communities.
Crises like a pandemic underscore the importance of alternative sources of high-quality and timely data in developing effective measures.
Protecting ecosystems is real development, and it has an amazing return on investment.
Invest in preparedness and establish a shock-responsive social protection system to weather future shocks and reap dividends from resilience.
There is a need for globally coordinated standards and principles that allow room for countries to adapt their policies.