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Scaling up farm activities through sustainable mechanisms that improve conditions and incomes of smallholder farmers can alleviate rural poverty.
The Green Freight Initiative in the Greater Mekong Subregion is improving fuel efficiency and reducing costs and emissions of trucking companies.
Pseudo-panel methods using repeated cross-sectional surveys, which are less costly and easier to do, may offer a solution to this problem.
East Asia needs to shift toward a model of economic growth focused on low carbon emissions and more efficient use of resources.
While remittances from migrant workers continue to increase, they can only fuel economic growth if they enter the formal financial system and be channeled into productive investments.
Experience from other countries shows online business registries are transparent and easy to use, encouraging enterprises to formalize their business.
Regional cooperation can support a well-functioning enabling environment and fast-track the growth of the digital economy.
In climate-vulnerable communities in Fiji and Mongolia, capacity-building activities support women’s participation in the green economy.
Social protection spending and coverage are increasing, yet some countries continue to favor the nonpoor over the poor, and men over women.
Governments must rethink and refine tax policy and administration measures to not only address development challenges but also to build back better.