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One way to reduce poverty in developing countries is to make it cheaper and easier for migrant workers to send money home.
Increasing disaster risks in developing countries call for strategic planning and investments in resilient and low-carbon infrastructure.
Strengthen power systems against climate and other risks to minimize damage to infrastructure, disruption of service, and economic loss.
Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.
Here’s how using credit enhancements and working with commercial banks can increase access to finance for micro and small businesses.
Drones have the potential to maximize development impact through data acquisition, processing, and management for projects.
Timor-Leste can improve its business environment by focusing on investment promotion efforts, strengthening investment facilitation, and using a more problem-driven approach.
Digital finance promises to be an effective means of reaching the unbanked, but its use must be accompanied by consumer information and education.
Feasibility assessments, demand forecasting, and direct public investments in manufacturing facilities support sustainable vaccine manufacturing.
In Pakistan, a multi-donor fund was set up to help finance priority investments in disaster risk management.