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Building the resilience of rice markets is key to ensuring food security amid increasing prices and climate risks in Asia and the Pacific.
Strengthening governance, building institutional capacity, and weeding out corruption are essential for effective privatization.
Increasing private sector participation in training can help build employer confidence and prepare graduates for the job market.
From a policy and economic standpoint, a paid sick leave program for COVID-19 is cost-effective in promoting behaviors that reduce disease spread.
Digital connectivity is a public good that can lead to new and sustainable growth areas and facilitate cross-border trade and remittances.
Enhancing public asset management can help governments overcome the fiscal challenges brought by COVID-19.
This piece highlights how trade integration and investments in connectivity can help Timor-Leste to achieve its goal of sustainable and inclusive development.
Timor-Leste can improve its business environment by focusing on investment promotion efforts, strengthening investment facilitation, and using a more problem-driven approach.
Raise the efficiency of public procurement and land and labor markets to boost productivity, and address growth constraints on agriculture and tourism.
Timor-Leste can give its coffee industry a push by tapping into the niche market of high-quality, premium coffee.