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Social protection spending and coverage are increasing, yet some countries continue to favor the nonpoor over the poor, and men over women.
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A livelihood project sets up night markets in border towns of the Greater Mekong Subregion and provides microfinance support to vendors.
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The experience of the People’s Republic of China shows that beyond economic growth, an adaptive and cooperative approach can help reduce poverty even at hard to reach places.
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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.
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Production potential can be achieved through small-scale irrigation systems powered by a community-driven process.
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Analysis using a multidimensional index suggests that regional integration boosts growth and reduces poverty, beyond the usual effect of trade openness.
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Malaysia has made outstanding progress in reducing extreme monetary poverty.
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Efforts to provide rural infrastructure and sanitation facilities can be opportunities for gender mainstreaming.
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Here’s how using credit enhancements and working with commercial banks can increase access to finance for micro and small businesses.
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Proven solutions include digitizing paperwork, integrating databases, using smart cards and digital payments, and transmitting emergency assistance via mobile phones.
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Production and export of high-quality mung beans can improve farmers’ incomes and nutrition.
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The People’s Republic of China’s efforts to integrate natural capital accounting into its national policy development process may encourage mainstreaming of the practice in other parts of the world.
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Combining market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services and conditional social transfers, alleviate poverty while conserving ecosystems.
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Well-designed and participatory eco-compensation schemes with proper technical assistance can help small farmers in some of the poorest and most ecologically sensitive areas in the People’s Republic of China.
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Brazil’s Bolsa Floresta encourages beneficiary communities to engage in productive economic activities that do not increase deforestation.