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In the Philippines, targeted cash grants to help poor students finish high school could double their potential income and lift them out of chronic poverty.

A livelihood project sets up night markets in border towns of the Greater Mekong Subregion and provides microfinance support to vendors.

Invest in preparedness and establish a shock-responsive social protection system to weather future shocks and reap dividends from resilience.

Innovative and sustained support for Grameen-style lending expanded financial services for underserved groups, including women.

Shifting to circular approaches can deliver economic gains while helping address food security and promote sustainable production and consumption.

Among the investments supported by the Afghanistan Business Innovation Fund were businesses that targeted women as workers, producers, and consumers.

Policy responses to population aging should promote economic growth, higher productivity, and higher income for workers.

The Republic of Korea has been a leader in training government officials to be catalysts of economic development.

Well-designed and participatory eco-compensation schemes with proper technical assistance can help small farmers in some of the poorest and most ecologically sensitive areas in the People’s Republic of China.

Advances in information and communications technology offer economic opportunities for rural populations and can play a significant role in poverty reduction.