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In Nepal, a participatory and consensus-based approach proved critical in changing people’s ‘not in my backyard’ attitude toward a municipal project.
A high poverty rate among older persons in the Republic of Korea calls for better pension services and welfare programs.
A results-driven project is closing the skills gap through sector-wide reforms focused on improving technical and vocational education and training.
In easing the debt burden of economically vulnerable groups, measures should be taken to prevent creditor resistance and moral hazard among borrowers.
Analysis using a multidimensional index suggests that regional integration boosts growth and reduces poverty, beyond the usual effect of trade openness.
In the Republic of Korea, the finance sector needs environmental, social, and governance evaluation criteria amid growing shareholder stewardship.
Population aging threatens fiscal sustainability unless government takes steps to reduce elderly poverty and manage public spending on pensions and healthcare.
Asian countries are taking a leading role in the development of cryptocurrency.
Regulations need to be aligned to improve the efficiency of environment, social, governance investments.
The Republic of Korea’s capital city faced and resolved a series of obstacles to constructing a modern public building on a historic site.