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Statisticians turn to digital solutions and nontraditional methods for faster data collection, processing, and dissemination to inform crisis response.
On Indonesia’s remote Sumba Island, poorer households can pay for solar home systems with goods or services instead of cash.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government provides market analysis, such as consumption patterns and purchasing power, to help small entrepreneurs succeed.
Seoul established a quasi-public bus system, restructured routes, created median lanes, built transfer centers, and integrated its fare system to improve service.
Through digitization and automation of routine compliance obligations, RegTech is helping improve efficiency, reporting accuracy, and transparency in the financial sector.
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.
Digital technology is a game changer in reducing remittance costs between overseas workers and developing countries in Asia.
IAEA is partnering with a number of countries in Asia and the Pacific to transform plastic waste into valuable materials through the use of radiation technology.
The benefits of open finance are closely linked to how well its risks are understood and managed.
AI and digital innovation can help extend working lives, strengthen pensions, and build more resilient systems for the aging population.