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To Support Global Supply Chains, We Need to Help Small Businesses
The lack of credit for small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in global trade stifles growth and makes supply chains more vulnerable. -
Partnering with Civil Society to Combat Domestic Violence
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis has escalated gendered human rights and socio-economic impacts, including a shadow pandemic: domestic violence. In 2020, Mongolia’s national police data revealed a 30% increase in reported cases of domestic violence compared with 2019. -
Is Digital Finance the Answer to Giving Women-Owned MSMEs Access to Credit?
Women around the world are creating wealth at an unprecedented rate. Yet, owning a business remains a pipe dream for many. Women face significant challenges, including lack of access to financial services. -
Microfinance Survived the Pandemic but Challenges Lie Ahead
The right actions by microfinance institutions and governments can ensure a promising outlook for microfinance in Asia this year. -
Analyzing Technology and Productivity Spillovers from Chinese FDIs to CAREC Countries
Overseas direct investments of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and trade with other countries have shown exponential growth in the last 2 decades, particularly after its accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 and the execution of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013. -
Investments in WASH Can Help Nepal Reduce Climate Health Risks
In Nepal, dengue fever has spread at an alarming rate, with nationwide outbreaks experienced in 2019 and 2022. -
How the Dollar-A-Day Poverty Line Changed International Development
Over three decades ago, economic researcher Martin Ravallion and his colleagues found a way to identify and quantify the world’s poorest people with an international poverty line that continues to guide policies to this day. -
Building Resilience in the Greater Mekong Subregion’s Agri-Food Sector
The COVID-19 is an ongoing global threat to public health. It has been especially disruptive to agri-food supply chains, affecting food security and the livelihood of smallholders. -
Transformative Changes for Sustainable, Equitable Urban Water Supply
Bangladesh’s third-largest city, Khulna, is home to an estimated 1.5 million people. More than a thousand slums proliferate on the outskirts of the coastal city, beyond the reach of reliable public utility service, including supply of safe, drinking water. -
Asia–Pacific Stands to Benefit from Regionalization of Talent Mobility—Here is How
Transnational talent mobility, or the ability of workers to move within their profession across the borders, was growing fast in the Asia–Pacific region before the pandemic. It is likely to resume after the pandemic’s resolution. -
Women as Agents of Change for Strengthening Community Resilience
Women and other vulnerable groups play a critical role in effectively tackling complex community issues. -
Working with Communities in Developing Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience
Climate change is threatening the sustainability of cities and communities. Increased temperatures and extreme weather events like heavy precipitation lead to heat stress, reduced health, and flooding. -
The Importance of Estimating Kazakhstan’s E-commerce Volume and Patterns
There is a lack of established statistical practice in tracking e-commerce in many countries. -
Climate Mitigation Opportunities in the Planned Global Plastics Treaty
Plastics are a key global material and an important part of the global economy. However, plastics present considerable challenges, including high waste generation, low recycling rates, and climate gas emissions from production and waste disposal. -
A Multipronged Approach to Mitigating the Food Crisis in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is facing a severe food security crisis. Food price inflation drastically increased in over a year with year-on-year food inflation peaking at 94.9% in September 2022, one of the highest in the world. -
Five Ways to Fund the Philippines’ Fight against Climate Change
How to finance action against climate change was a key topic at the United Nations COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh. For the Philippines, on the front lines of the global climate emergency, it is a make-or-break question. -
Five Ways to Fund the Philippines’ Fight against Climate Change
How to finance action against climate change was a key topic at the United Nations COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh. For the Philippines, on the front lines of the global climate emergency, it is a make-or-break question. -
Smart Solutions for Improving the Elder Care System in Hebei
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is aging at an unprecedented rate. Among the challenges the country faces are increasing demand and costs for quality care for seniors or those aged 60 or older. -
A Public Utility's Shift from Survival to Expansion
The turnaround of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) in the last decade has been nothing short of a miracle after years of unmet power needs, poor service delivery, very high distribution/transmission losses, and increasing indebtedness. -
Islamic Finance Can Be a Powerful Tool to Boost Climate Action
Addressing the climate emergency will require all the funding possible from as many diverse sources as possible. Islamic climate finance instruments could help in Asia and in many other parts of the world.