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Innovative and sustained support for Grameen-style lending expanded financial services for underserved groups, including women.
As a way forward for coastal cities, this article explores the potential of system of systems approaches for integrated planning and management of coastal assets using nature-based solutions that engage communities.
A Singapore study shows career breaks to care for family hold back not only a woman’s rise in the corporate ladder but also affect her retirement savings.
Among the remedial measures are boosting revenue generation, striving for expenditure efficiency, and unburdening liabilities.
Sustainable energy is about more than renewables. Challenges will remain in financing and maintaining energy systems, even after the clean-energy transition is complete.
A new book identifies ways to stimulate Asian economic growth through a shift from traditional industrial policies to indigenous innovation.
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.
Assess preparedness for BEPS minimum standards and the global minimum tax proposal, prioritize tax certainty, and develop capacities to address international tax avoidance and treaty abuse.
Early and strong action mitigates health impact, while recovery measures focus on the long term.
Experience from other countries shows online business registries are transparent and easy to use, encouraging enterprises to formalize their business.