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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.
Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.
Among the remedial measures are boosting revenue generation, striving for expenditure efficiency, and unburdening liabilities.
A project restores degraded lands, improves climate resilience of landscape ecosystems, and promotes green development in the western regions.
Data analysis and tax transparency can guide governments in rationalizing their tax expenditure policies while still creating a level playing field for businesses.
A community-driven initiative can benefit interventions in housing and create opportunities to improve the design and delivery of services and facilities in critical sectors.
Empowering women to take greater control over their resources would give them the tools for lifelong change.
This piece answers how civil society organizations can collaborate with ADB in its efforts to effectively and sustainably reduce poverty.
Singapore’s tiered housing subsidies have made it possible for nearly everyone to own a home in the city-state.
As climate finance expands, Supreme Audit Institutions can help strengthen oversight, improve accountability, and support effective climate outcomes.