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Consensus on social goals is a must to establish social taxonomy.
Knowledge of a startup’s technology, human resources, marketability, and growth potential lowers the risks of venture capital investments.
The EU’s regulation to reduce tropical deforestation caused by agriculture will be crucial, but it may impose severe short-term costs on smallholders.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing, as well as challenging, the way people learn.
Policy responses to population aging should promote economic growth, higher productivity, and higher income for workers.
In the Republic of Korea, there is a need for a consolidated database to provide timely market information on self-employed workers by region and business sector.
In the Philippines, cloud technology is helping a rural bank reach customers in remote areas more efficiently and at lower operational cost.
Personal credit information could be an important determining factor in insurance underwriting and the calculation of premiums.
A public–private partnership project in the People's Republic of China improved farmers’ production and income by building an integrated smart irrigation system.
New digital technologies are a game changer for financial inclusion in Asia, opening up access to financial services for all sectors of society, and in the process helping dispel myths about financial inclusion.