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The widespread adoption of water-saving technologies, such as alternate wetting and drying, is crucial to ensure the long-term sustainability of Pakistan's rice sector.
By allowing the shared control of data, distributed ledgers can enable innovations that support financial inclusion.
Innovative and sustained support for Grameen-style lending expanded financial services for underserved groups, including women.
The National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2035 emphasizes nature-based solutions, a region-specific approach, and climate-resilient investments.
Increasing investments in natural capital requires a proper accounting of its economic value for informed policy and decision-making.
Governments must rethink and refine tax policy and administration measures to not only address development challenges but also to build back better.
Solomon Islands has overcome significant challenges to private sector development by implementing policies that create jobs and livelihoods through private enterprise.
Embracing small business banking opportunities, and tackling operational efficiency, data and technology challenges can help Asian banks weather the storm.
In the Republic of Korea, a mobile and low-cost motorcycle inspection system was developed for commercialization and export.
Performance-based funding improved urban governance and quality of infrastructure and services, and promoted women’s empowerment.