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Tajikistan combined irrigation system repairs with agriculture policy reforms to increase food security and farm productivity.
A new book identifies ways to stimulate Asian economic growth through a shift from traditional industrial policies to indigenous innovation.
Digital solutions tailored to the local contexts and reinforced by human interactions hold great potential for scaling action against plastic pollution.
Policies should encourage private sector participation in building long-term patient capital to support innovative start-ups.
Developing regional value chains will promote trade and unlock the region’s unrealized economy.
Lanzhou, in the People’s Republic of China, has the world's first bus rapid transit with a split station design allowing buses in the same direction to stop on both sides of the platform, easing travel time.
Demographic changes, such as population aging in East Asia, will affect productivity and competitiveness and shape how innovation is created.
Indonesia’s first returnable and reusable packaging system is plugging the plastic waste and altering consumers’ consumption behavior.
Digital technology is key to increasing financial inclusion, but it comes with new challenges and risks.
Promoting responsible lending practices on online peer-to-peer platforms builds market trust and deters the need for further regulation.