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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.

Transport is a key development priority for Solomon Islands, with its population scattered across more than 900 small islands.

Problem Tree, Beneficiary Assessment, and Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis are useful tools when preparing the design and monitoring framework for CSO engagement.

Creating project readiness checklists and certification programs on procurement, financial management, and safeguards will help ensure effective project implementation.  

Soft skills, a growth mindset, mentorship, and internship can help current and future workers adapt to a rapidly changing workplace.

This piece offers practical advice as to why working with civil society is important in the Pacific and how greater engagement between CSOs, government, and the Asian Development Bank can be achieved. 

To obtain development gains through digital investments, invest in their analog complements: policy and infrastructure.

Banking on a growing digital economy, Viet Nam needs to improve IT connectivity and skills, e-payments, logistics, cybersecurity, and consumer trust.