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Regulations need to be aligned to improve the efficiency of environment, social, governance investments.
Maneuvering through the web of stakeholder interests, the Republic of Korea institutionalized a service-oriented bus transportation system in Seoul and its satellite cities in surrounding provinces.
With foreign aid assistance, the mobilization of nongovernment organizations, the community, and other key stakeholders, the government of the Republic of Korea was able to implement policies for a successful country-wide reforestation program.
Companies and governments are devising strategies for how to manage the personal information of users of online services.
Solutions include lowering statutory maximum lending rates, expanding policy financing and mid-rate loans, increasing loans and loan guarantees.
More attention needs to be given to borrowers' wider financial condition to ensure customized loan management.
Personal credit information could be an important determining factor in insurance underwriting and the calculation of premiums.
Reforming the calculation of lending rates could improve delinquent loan collection.
Soil stabilizers can cut the costs, and improve the quality, of rural roads in Southeast Asia.
Latin America's long experience with conditional cash transfers offers lessons for implementing these innovative human development programs in Asia and the Pacific.