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Implement supportive policies, encourage merchant adoption, and integrate digital payments into public services.
Nutrition-specific interventions should target the first 1,000 days, promote behavioral change, and focus on the most vulnerable.
In Mongolia, ADB supports a new way of banking without collateral to improve credit access for women and small businesses.
Banks need to update their business models as competition from fintechs disrupts the supply chain finance market.
Innovative lending practices can convert energy efficiency into high rates of return for companies.
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.
Aligning departmental priorities with the SDGs and incorporating them into existing planning and review processes may improve development outcomes.
In the People’s Republic of China, a leasing program is helping reduce pollution by putting more low-cost, efficient, and clean buses on the road.
A large-scale, grid-connected battery energy storage system will help Pakistan regulate its power supply and integrate renewable energy into the grid.
In the Republic of Korea, there is a need for a consolidated database to provide timely market information on self-employed workers by region and business sector.