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Crowdsourcing can be an effective way to address pain points that limit MSMEs from getting financing.
In the Indian city of Mangalore, the local government partnered with private companies to modernize the sewage system and turn wastewater into a valuable asset.
Solutions include lowering statutory maximum lending rates, expanding policy financing and mid-rate loans, increasing loans and loan guarantees.
Understand and address the needs of vulnerable young workers and entrepreneurs as part of COVID-19 measures.
Create an enabling environment with strong policies, institutions, and financial systems that support solutions that can adapt to changing needs.
An after-school program for teens that develops technical competence in 21st-century skills is being replicated across the country and beyond.
Upskilling through TVET and STEM education can help prepare female workers for the automation of apparel manufacturing in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Efforts to provide rural infrastructure and sanitation facilities can be opportunities for gender mainstreaming.
Crises like a pandemic underscore the importance of alternative sources of high-quality and timely data in developing effective measures.
Here is what works: quotas, training, skills matching, mobility, and childcare leave policies.