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Bucking the digital trend, the appetite for cash is driven by such factors as opportunity cost, precautionary motives, aging, and demand from abroad.
Tech startups in agriculture, education, environment, and health have high potential for social impact but need a supportive ecosystem to thrive.
E-commerce and Xinjiang’s free trade zone expand options for SMEs in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyz Republic.
An electricity trading project between Indonesia and Malaysia is lowering power costs, raising revenue and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Improvements in pipeline infrastructure and better customer metering led to significant nonrevenue water reduction and an increase in revenue.
The keys to success: link education, experience and tourism to create benefits while considering local conditions such as topography and climate.
Achieving financial inclusion through technology-based solutions presents both opportunities and challenges in Sri Lanka’s financial sector.
More attention needs to be given to borrowers' wider financial condition to ensure customized loan management.
Tajikistan combined irrigation system repairs with agriculture policy reforms to increase food security and farm productivity.
Legal reforms, including specialized courts, can provide women and girls better access to justice for gender-based violence.