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Inclusive business models can effectively reduce inequality, helping vulnerable low-income earners get out of poverty.
The use of unique identification in health systems is improving the quality of health care, cutting costs, and decreasing fraud.
Mobile remittances offer a way to provide unbanked populations with affordable, secure, and accessible financial services.
Efforts focused on revegetation, grazing ban, hydrological connection, and community engagement to restore the wetland ecosystems, boost carbon sequestration, and improve livelihood.
Blockchain technology is making waves in developing countries across Asia.
Public oversight of ESG disclosure is vital to preventing greenwashing and protecting investors until robust legal frameworks are established.
In easing the debt burden of economically vulnerable groups, measures should be taken to prevent creditor resistance and moral hazard among borrowers.
A new climate-proofed system introduced surface water as the main source of water to conserve diminishing groundwater and reduced saltwater intrusion.
Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.
Best practices in WASH initiatives consider the needs, culture, and behaviors of the poor and vulnerable who are most at risk of infectious diseases.