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A state program promotes high-value manufacturing and innovation to boost competitiveness and spur economic growth.
Integrating road ecology principles and green infrastructure designs can balance construction with environmental conservation.
A well-crafted action plan has helped women in Bangladesh who want to start small and medium-sized enterprises have a more equal playing field with men.
The Green Freight Initiative in the Greater Mekong Subregion is improving fuel efficiency and reducing costs and emissions of trucking companies.
Here’s what worked and what didn’t for Asian Development Bank’s first regional technical assistance on innovation.
Experience from other countries shows online business registries are transparent and easy to use, encouraging enterprises to formalize their business.
A project assessed the threats facing the Meghna River and worked with stakeholders in ensuring the sustainable supply of safe drinking water for the city.
While remittances from migrant workers continue to increase, they can only fuel economic growth if they enter the formal financial system and be channeled into productive investments.
The Republic of Korea has been a leader in training government officials to be catalysts of economic development.
Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.