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The Islamic Development Bank shares its experience in microfinance and group value chain financing to improve access to credit in rural areas.
Proven solutions include digitizing paperwork, integrating databases, using smart cards and digital payments, and transmitting emergency assistance via mobile phones.
The Sri Lanka Southern Transport Development Project offers lessons in implementing large infrastructure projects involving multiple development partners and affecting many people and communities.
A study looks at the costs of overloading and how improved policies and enforcement can give an economic boost to Mekong countries.
Wholesale and retail trade, textiles, construction, electronics, and food and beverage show high circularity potential.
Change management, effective public–private partnership, and regulation are crucial to the success of citywide inclusive sanitation programs.
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.