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A national program promotes forest conservation and protection while creating sustainable livelihoods for communities.
In the Philippines, targeted cash grants to help poor students finish high school could double their potential income and lift them out of chronic poverty.
Legislative and regulatory reforms are crucial to shifting toward a seamless, harmonized, and paper-less trade system.
A study shows targeting support to tourism, agro-processing, garments, electronics, and digital trade can help ensure strong recovery from COVID-19.
Promoting the employment of seniors and improving pension schemes can reduce the economic impact of population aging.
From a policy and economic standpoint, a paid sick leave program for COVID-19 is cost-effective in promoting behaviors that reduce disease spread.
In the Greater Mekong Subregion, environmental assessment for livestock value chains projects helps avoid, minimize, and mitigate environmental, health, and safety risks.
Project interventions evolved to create a virtuous cycle in water services, using performance-based contracts, participatory planning, behavioral change campaigns, and institutional reforms.
Governments must have a strategy that looks at SMEs at the enterprise level to help them survive in the new normal.
A state program promotes high-value manufacturing and innovation to boost competitiveness and spur economic growth.