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A Greater Mekong Subregion study looks at a combination of risk retention, risk sharing, and risk transfer mechanisms in strengthening disaster resilience in rural areas.
In the Republic of Korea, large financial firms should lead efforts to support high-risk, high-return intellectual property investments.
Explore equity, quasi-equity, and other non-debt assistance and structural reforms to protect small businesses from COVID-19 and other shocks.
In the People’s Republic of China, reducing the risk of illness-induced poverty entails raising the poor’s financial protection and health system reforms.
Lanzhou, in the People’s Republic of China, has the world's first bus rapid transit with a split station design allowing buses in the same direction to stop on both sides of the platform, easing travel time.
In the Republic of Korea, efforts are underway to adopt one of the most broadly used pension default options.
In Indonesia, a rating system encourages companies to step up efforts in controlling water pollution.
Higher education institutions are successfully using collaborative models to meet the development challenges of the future.
The availability of insurance for high-risk projects gives investors the confidence to pursue green investments.
Upskilling through TVET and STEM education can help prepare female workers for the automation of apparel manufacturing in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.