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A study of four Southeast Asian markets examines how digital financial solutions can play a key role in closing gaps in financial inclusion.
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In Thailand, subsidies, housing grants, educational programs and the leveraging of economies of scale are being used to benefit poor urban dwellers.
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Despite extensive aid, countries with fragile and conflict-affected situations are generally failing to significantly improve the lives of their people. New thinking is needed.
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The Southville 7 community in the Philippines shows how different sectors of society worked successfully together to turn a basic housing project into a livable community for 5,000 resettled families.
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Advances in information and communications technology offer economic opportunities for rural populations and can play a significant role in poverty reduction.
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Latin America's long experience with conditional cash transfers offers lessons for implementing these innovative human development programs in Asia and the Pacific.
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One way to counter negative perceptions about technical and vocation education and training (TVET) programs is to promote them through better communications.
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In the Philippines, targeted cash grants to help poor students finish high school could double their potential income and lift them out of chronic poverty.