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E-commerce can enhance rural livelihoods with public investments in facilities and training, access to funding, and favorable market conditions.
In Mongolia, ADB supports a new way of banking without collateral to improve credit access for women and small businesses.
Seoul established a quasi-public bus system, restructured routes, created median lanes, built transfer centers, and integrated its fare system to improve service.
In the Philippines, cloud technology is helping a rural bank reach customers in remote areas more efficiently and at lower operational cost.
Converting oil platforms into reefs not only results in millions of dollars in cost savings but also results in the preservation of some of the most productive ecosystems on earth.
Banks need to update their business models as competition from fintechs disrupts the supply chain finance market.
In Mongolia, project procurement-related reviews helped safeguard a health project from corruption, fraud, and other integrity risks.
A study looks at how countries can mobilize sustainable financing to reduce vulnerability among the poor and provide them access to social protection schemes.
Increased availability of data and computing power have made it possible to set parameters beforehand that will trigger insurance coverage for a variety of risks.
There is a blueprint to overcoming the barriers that limit women's participation in the formal economy.