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A state program promotes high-value manufacturing and innovation to boost competitiveness and spur economic growth.
An ADB-supported project in Kolkata awarded flat titles to women as a mechanism to promote women's rights.
The Republic of Korea provided vocational training for disabled people in addition to imposing a hiring quota for both public and private employers.
This piece highlights how sustainable tourism development can support the empowerment of women and minorities.
Despite a lack of domestic energy resources, the Republic of Korea has become one of the largest economies in the world.
Disbursing against results, rather than upfront expenditures, helps improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government-owned sector programs and promote good practices.
A results-driven project is closing the skills gap through sector-wide reforms focused on improving technical and vocational education and training.
Empowering women to take greater control over their resources would give them the tools for lifelong change.
In Mongolia, ADB supports a new way of banking without collateral to improve credit access for women and small businesses.
Seoul’s Owl Service has reduced the use of passenger cars by more than 2 million trips per year.