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The student assistance program may be expanded to cushion the pandemic’s impact and enable more poor students, regardless of gender, to complete school.
Bucking the digital trend, the appetite for cash is driven by such factors as opportunity cost, precautionary motives, aging, and demand from abroad.
Optimize energy efficiency, use climate-friendly refrigerants, and leverage advanced digital technologies.
Promoting national digital ID systems, interoperable systems, and cloud-based infrastructures can make digital financial services more efficient.
With foreign aid assistance, the mobilization of nongovernment organizations, the community, and other key stakeholders, the government of the Republic of Korea was able to implement policies for a successful country-wide reforestation program.
Real-time data is critical for reopening borders, managing destinations, and for the industry to build back better from the crisis.
A “polluters pay” policy helps Seoul reduce household waste going to the landfill by 90% and waste generated by the city by 40%.
A pilot project in the Philippines will demonstrate how irrigation canals can be used in producing clean and reliable energy off the grid.
Adopting a digital billing system can help improve the efficiency and sustainability of water services in Cambodia.
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.