A study of Samoa's online firms provides lessons and insights for other companies in the Pacific.

One way to reduce poverty in developing countries is to make it cheaper and easier for migrant workers to send money home.

Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.

Regional financial cooperation has strengthened Asian economies and made them more resilient, but attention toward this important work has waned in recent years.