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Success lies in industry links, technology, skills development, new modes of education delivery, and school-to-work transition programs.
In Thailand, subsidies, housing grants, educational programs and the leveraging of economies of scale are being used to benefit poor urban dwellers.
Government can partner with telcos and educators and use multiple channels of existing infrastructure to reach as many children as possible.
In the Republic of Korea, a mobile and low-cost motorcycle inspection system was developed for commercialization and export.
There is a quicker and more economical way to survey 160,000 road information.
Nepal has made it easier to move goods across borders by updating customs software, constructing a new inland clearance depot, and rehabilitating border access roads.
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.
Korean engineers develop a structural monitoring and measurement system that can manage multiple cable bridges in Southeast Asia.
Paving roads with fiber-reinforced asphalt mixture and using a pothole detection technology can help keep roads safe and pothole free.
Soil stabilizers can cut the costs, and improve the quality, of rural roads in Southeast Asia.