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Brazil’s Bolsa Floresta encourages beneficiary communities to engage in productive economic activities that do not increase deforestation.
A financing scheme using Internet of Things gives tricycle drivers access to credit without collateral and promotes discipline in loan repayments.
Chronic respiratory disease screening and management through digital spirometry can improve lung health outcomes in Asia and the Pacific.
A project in Mongolia mobilized ger youth to take an active role in community development.
Turkmenistan is adopting international food safety standards to safeguard public health and to boost the trade of agro-food products.
In Sri Lanka, the rural water sector has benefited from the active role of women in management and operations.
In the People's Republic of China, a project is saving enough energy to match the equivalent of building a 107-megawatt power plant.
FDI-recipient countries show positive growth in productivity but their technology gains depend on absorption capacity.
Enhancing the competitiveness and sustainability of small businesses requires sustained reforms that include digitalization and innovation.
Asia's rapid urbanization requires the balanced and holistic development of second-tier cities and towns to release pressure from congested megacities.