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Combining market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services and conditional social transfers, alleviate poverty while conserving ecosystems.
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.
Digital finance promises to be an effective means of reaching the unbanked, but its use must be accompanied by consumer information and education.
A package of economic, social, legal, and institutional measures helps provide equal opportunity to minority and low-caste women in Nepal.
A pilot project in Viet Nam will test a heat exchange technology that reuses industrial wastewater for heating and cooling production processes.
In the People’s Republic of China, reducing the risk of illness-induced poverty entails raising the poor’s financial protection and health system reforms.
Using a tablet or smartphone to conduct survey interviews makes it easier and faster to benchmark progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
A sound holistic development approach will drive sustainable and inclusive growth across the regions of Bangladesh.
As financial technology options evolve, consumers need more information in order to protect their privacy and avoid fraud.
Personal credit information could be an important determining factor in insurance underwriting and the calculation of premiums.