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AI is disrupting the social sector, enhancing the way basic services are delivered to the public.
Bucking the digital trend, the appetite for cash is driven by such factors as opportunity cost, precautionary motives, aging, and demand from abroad.
A tech startup in Australia is piloting the use of blockchain in ensuring traceability, provenance, and authentication in the supply chain.
A properly functioning market chain and flow of agricultural products are vital to ensuring food and nutrition security amid COVID-19.
In Mongolia, ADB supports a new way of banking without collateral to improve credit access for women and small businesses.
To overcome vaccine hesitancy, survey shows campaigns should target women and rural and high-risk populations and focus on family immunization.
Banks need to update their business models as competition from fintechs disrupts the supply chain finance market.
A multitude of positive gender impacts are possible through small infrastructure investments.
Computer-assisted surveys make data collection possible despite COVID-19 travel and social restrictions.
The availability of insurance for high-risk projects gives investors the confidence to pursue green investments.