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Crises like a pandemic underscore the importance of alternative sources of high-quality and timely data in developing effective measures.
Business support infrastructure, access to finance, and information technologies empowered small businesses and generated opportunities for women and youth in Maldives.
Leveling the playing field for women opens opportunities for countries to increase development gains.
Disaster risk insurance can help countries in Asia and the Pacific to minimize losses from natural hazards.
Promoting responsible lending practices on online peer-to-peer platforms builds market trust and deters the need for further regulation.
Legal reforms, including specialized courts, can provide women and girls better access to justice for gender-based violence.
Human, animal, plant, and ecological health challenges are all interconnected; solutions should be too.
Analysis using a multidimensional index suggests that regional integration boosts growth and reduces poverty, beyond the usual effect of trade openness.
In Indonesia, the rural poor gave cash and in-kind contributions to improve and maintain water supply and services.
Community Radio, Participatory Action Research, and Television Drama are some of the implementation tools for communications and behaviour change.