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Putting resources toward specialized training, mentoring and confidence building is a successful formula for giving greater voice to women in the countryside.
A partnership between the government education department and a non-government organization in the Philippines gives a blueprint for improving access to basic education.
How to make it work: skills training, civic engagement and forums that help young people become active in society.
Rehabilitating natural systems with green infrastructure is key to building sustainability and resilience to climate change in urban areas.
Despite extensive aid, countries with fragile and conflict-affected situations are generally failing to significantly improve the lives of their people. New thinking is needed.
The new U.S. policy of forging bilateral trade pacts instead of multi-country deals will have wide-ranging impacts.
New digital technologies are a game changer for financial inclusion in Asia, opening up access to financial services for all sectors of society, and in the process helping dispel myths about financial inclusion.
Myanmar is improving its secondary education system through reforms of curriculum, teaching, and student assessment.
Prepaid trash bags, container deposit schemes, and semi-aerobic landfills effectively reduce waste in Pacific nations.
High upfront costs and lack of incentives impede fuel efficiency initiatives in road freight in the Greater Mekong Subregion.