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Lessons from Greater Mekong Subregion countries can help efforts to develop premium markets for Kazakhstan’s halal lamb meat and Mongolia’s camel wool.
Two of five adults in the Asia and Pacific region are overweight or obese and the costs associated with these conditions undermine economic growth as well as the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly on health.
A study of Samoa's online firms provides lessons and insights for other companies in the Pacific.
Regional financial cooperation has strengthened Asian economies and made them more resilient, but attention toward this important work has waned in recent years.
Design projects with high economic impact and share dividends with investors and communities through hometown investment funds, land trusts, and other instruments.
Digital finance promises to be an effective means of reaching the unbanked, but its use must be accompanied by consumer information and education.
Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.
Policy responses to population aging should promote economic growth, higher productivity, and higher income for workers.
Combining materials processed in a single treatment plant offers cost savings and private sector opportunities in sanitation services.
One way to reduce poverty in developing countries is to make it cheaper and easier for migrant workers to send money home.