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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.
A project restores degraded lands, improves climate resilience of landscape ecosystems, and promotes green development in the western regions.
The Republic of Korea wants to help businesses to secure loans using movable assets, including goods, receivables, and intellectual property.
The Southville 7 community in the Philippines shows how different sectors of society worked successfully together to turn a basic housing project into a livable community for 5,000 resettled families.
Savvy project management accelerates construction of a 75 km railway in war-torn Afghanistan.
In the Philippines, a pilot project to rehabilitate the Pasig River built community support around a low-cost waste management system.
A livelihood project sets up night markets in border towns of the Greater Mekong Subregion and provides microfinance support to vendors.
A community-driven initiative can benefit interventions in housing and create opportunities to improve the design and delivery of services and facilities in critical sectors.
Data analysis and tax transparency can guide governments in rationalizing their tax expenditure policies while still creating a level playing field for businesses.
Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.