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A Singapore study shows career breaks to care for family hold back not only a woman’s rise in the corporate ladder but also affect her retirement savings.
Policies should encourage private sector participation in building long-term patient capital to support innovative start-ups.
Gaps in response funding immediately after disaster can now be addressed through a new form of insurance.
Managing household debt is becoming increasingly difficult for low-income households.
Efforts to provide rural infrastructure and sanitation facilities can be opportunities for gender mainstreaming.
Regulations need to be aligned to improve the efficiency of environment, social, governance investments.
A regional approach to food policy driven by business and public interests can better protect consumers and suppliers in both domestic and export markets, support scaling up of production, and facilitate market access and Greater Mekong Subregion product branding and marketing.
Maneuvering through the web of stakeholder interests, the Republic of Korea institutionalized a service-oriented bus transportation system in Seoul and its satellite cities in surrounding provinces.
The new constitution of Nepal has introduced a three-tier structure of federal government (federal, province, and local) and all three levels have the constitutional power to enact laws, prepare budgets, and mobilize their own resources.
Solutions include lowering statutory maximum lending rates, expanding policy financing and mid-rate loans, increasing loans and loan guarantees.