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This piece answers how civil society organizations can collaborate with ADB in its efforts to effectively and sustainably reduce poverty.
In the Philippines, cloud technology is helping a rural bank reach customers in remote areas more efficiently and at lower operational cost.
Boarding facilities and pilot innovations boost enrolment and retention of girls and ethnic minorities in lower secondary schools in Viet Nam.
A package of economic, social, legal, and institutional measures helps provide equal opportunity to minority and low-caste women in Nepal.
Statisticians use satellite images of Earth’s night lights to measure social and economic activity.
Latin America's long experience with conditional cash transfers offers lessons for implementing these innovative human development programs in Asia and the Pacific.
Colombia’s capital Bogota has made it safe and easy to travel by bicycle to work or school by creating a 376-kilometer grid of bike paths, called CicloRutas.
In the People’s Republic of China, an environmental education program instills in students and their families a love for their hometown and nature.
Bucking the digital trend, the appetite for cash is driven by such factors as opportunity cost, precautionary motives, aging, and demand from abroad.
Malaysia has made outstanding progress in reducing extreme monetary poverty.