Ten thousand years in a lifetime: Fragility and resilience in Papua New Guinea
To understand fragility and resilience in Papua New Guinea, look to history and the people living in the country’s most vulnerable areas.
Resettlement isn’t easy. Here are four ways to improve outcomes for all parties involved
Involuntary resettlement can improve the lives of the resettled while reducing poverty and delivering results for development projects
Pension extension: Bringing informal workers into the retirement social safety net
Millions of Asia’s informal workers – such as vendors, day laborers, and others – are left out of national pension systems. Here’s what we can do to help them in their later years.
Why I’m optimistic we can achieve SDG #1—ending poverty in all its forms, everywhere
The graduation approach provides a sequenced intervention designed to overcome multiple barriers that prevent the extreme poor from breaking out of poverty.
Inside the camps in Cox’s Bazar, lives are gradually being rebuilt
At Camp No 5, in Cox's Bazar, there are about 632,000 displaced people still living in terrible conditions. But an international humanitarian effort is helping people in the community in southern Bangladesh live a better life.
In Asia, young people are key to achieving national development goals
Skills training, civic engagement and youth forums will help young people become active players in society’s shared efforts to grow and improve.
Working for the public good
Public work programs can build much-needed infrastructure while helping lift people out of poverty and shield them from the effects of natural disasters and economic crises
Jargon hurts the poor
The excessive use of technical language in international development can keep vital information away from the people who need it the most.
What the People’s Republic of China can learn from Japan on population aging
An aging population can have a dramatic impact on a country’s economy but Japan has shown that innovative approaches and policies can help mitigate the effects
Digital solutions for financial inclusion
Worldwide, there are 1.7 billion people who are outside of the formal banking and financial system. They struggle with high fees and risky systems to undertake even simple financial transactions. Digital innovations offer new ways to bring them out of financial darkness.