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Innovative reforms can play a role in helping tax systems to contribute to improved social protection and reduced inequality in Asia and the Pacific.
Here’s what worked and what didn’t for Asian Development Bank’s first regional technical assistance on innovation.
Collaborations can bridge infrastructure deficits as well as support transformational development and enhance urban livability in many ways.
Well-designed and participatory eco-compensation schemes with proper technical assistance can help small farmers in some of the poorest and most ecologically sensitive areas in the People’s Republic of China.
A market-based approach for reducing air pollution offers countries in the region great potential for flexibility and innovation.
Banks need to update their business models as competition from fintechs disrupts the supply chain finance market.
Brazil’s Bolsa Floresta encourages beneficiary communities to engage in productive economic activities that do not increase deforestation.
Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region suggest managing river basins as single ecological units.
Seoul established a quasi-public bus system, restructured routes, created median lanes, built transfer centers, and integrated its fare system to improve service.
In easing the debt burden of economically vulnerable groups, measures should be taken to prevent creditor resistance and moral hazard among borrowers.