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Using resource-saving technology, new rice varieties, and intercropping of vegetables improve yields and income in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal.
Crises like a pandemic underscore the importance of alternative sources of high-quality and timely data in developing effective measures.
Idling of motor vehicles during wintertime generates greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants, but engine block heaters can lessen the negative impact on the environment.
Business support infrastructure, access to finance, and information technologies empowered small businesses and generated opportunities for women and youth in Maldives.
Design projects with high economic impact and share dividends with investors and communities through hometown investment funds, land trusts, and other instruments.
Policy responses to population aging should promote economic growth, higher productivity, and higher income for workers.
Digital finance promises to be an effective means of reaching the unbanked, but its use must be accompanied by consumer information and education.
Legislative and regulatory reforms are crucial to shifting toward a seamless, harmonized, and paper-less trade system.
A pilot project in the Philippines will demonstrate how irrigation canals can be used in producing clean and reliable energy off the grid.
Statisticians turn to digital solutions and nontraditional methods for faster data collection, processing, and dissemination to inform crisis response.