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What is needed: Increased financing, reliable supplies of affordable and effective medicines, improved data from health information systems, stronger implementation of national malaria programs, and leadership that looks beyond the health sector.
Significant changes in education and skills development help develop knowledge economies that drive long-term growth.
A well-crafted action plan has helped women in Bangladesh who want to start small and medium-sized enterprises have a more equal playing field with men.
The region needs integrated and holistic policies to push an ambitious agenda that requires capital, innovation, and new business models and mindsets.
Involving residents from rural communities is key to improve access to markets and commercial areas.
One way to reduce poverty in developing countries is to make it cheaper and easier for migrant workers to send money home.
To mainstream PPPs in the water sector, implement a holistic governance framework, foster an enabling environment, and incorporate transaction design.
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.
Legal reforms, including specialized courts, can provide women and girls better access to justice for gender-based violence.
Legislative and regulatory reforms are crucial to shifting toward a seamless, harmonized, and paper-less trade system.