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Building Credit: How State-Owned Enterprises Can Get Foreign Financing for Infrastructure
State-owned enterprises face unique challenges when it comes to attracting foreign financing for infrastructure projects. But there are solutions.
Job Safety Does Not Happen by Accident
Health and safety on the jobsite involves more than simply enforcing rules and regulations. A culture of prevention, as well as innovative digital solutions, are needed to keep workers alive and healthy.
Why We Need to Act Fast On International Trade Laws and Standards
There’s one big element missing before we can create a truly transparent, seamless and open international trading framework.
Here’s a Surprising Way to Achieve Most of the SDGs
There is one sector that contributes up to a third of gross domestic product, and is an important source of foreign currency, in many of Asia’s developing countries. It could be deployed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Quality Development Projects, Guaranteed
Guarantees are one of government’s most powerful financing tools for mobilizing private sector participation in development projects.
Risky Business: Separating the Criminals from the Job Creators
Criminals must be prevented from using the financial system but misdirected efforts to stop crime can harm small businesses and the jobs they create
Wary Investors Might Soon See New Opportunities in Pacific Renewables
Pacific countries are finding innovative new ways to finance renewable energy products that are making them more attractive to private investors.
Canada, US Introduce New World of Development Financing
FinDev and IDFC are an important step forward in efforts to scale up the mobilization of private funds for development.
How Legal Entity Identifiers Will Transform Small Business in Asia
A unique, electronic, standardized ID platform will help Asian SMEs expand operations, join supply chains, and access credit.
Investing to Build a Greener Asia
Asia needs to attract more private sector investment to close its infrastructure gap. Here’s how it can happen.