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To strengthen its skills base, the Philippines complemented basic education reforms with Germany’s system of dual vocational training.
Jobseekers now have a better chance of finding work with online platforms doubling as learning providers and job matchmakers.
A project in Bangladesh used behavior change communication as a large-scale health care intervention to help women and poor households access health care.
Taking a risk-management approach to large-scale projects involves investing in project preparation and attending to stakeholders’ concerns early, such as land and resettlement issues.
Through digitization and automation of routine compliance obligations, RegTech is helping improve efficiency, reporting accuracy, and transparency in the financial sector.
A package of economic, social, legal, and institutional measures helps provide equal opportunity to minority and low-caste women in Nepal.
Tajikistan combined irrigation system repairs with agriculture policy reforms to increase food security and farm productivity.
The Republic of Korea’s shift to an information and communication technology-based education system provides useful lessons for other countries looking to make similar changes.
A context-sensitive approach in Myanmar is helping to avoid negative impacts and maximize positive results of development projects and programs.
New digital technologies are a game changer for financial inclusion in Asia, opening up access to financial services for all sectors of society, and in the process helping dispel myths about financial inclusion.