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Creating an enabling environment for financial technology and innovation and building public trust are key to encouraging more people to bank.
Population aging threatens fiscal sustainability unless government takes steps to reduce elderly poverty and manage public spending on pensions and healthcare.
In Pakistan, basmati rice farmers are adopting direct seeding technology to improve farm efficiency and yield.
In the Republic of Korea, the finance sector needs environmental, social, and governance evaluation criteria amid growing shareholder stewardship.
Protecting and enhancing natural ecosystems and biodiversity can increase resilience in Asia and the Pacific.
Regulations need to be aligned to improve the efficiency of environment, social, governance investments.
A regional approach to food policy driven by business and public interests can better protect consumers and suppliers in both domestic and export markets, support scaling up of production, and facilitate market access and Greater Mekong Subregion product branding and marketing.
The new constitution of Nepal has introduced a three-tier structure of federal government (federal, province, and local) and all three levels have the constitutional power to enact laws, prepare budgets, and mobilize their own resources.
The Republic of Korea’s capital city faced and resolved a series of obstacles to constructing a modern public building on a historic site.
One way for the Philippines to close the skills gap is to strengthen the foundations for noncognitive learning.