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Data Integration Approaches to Strengthen Asia and the Pacific’s Statistical Capacity to Map Poverty

This brief outlines how innovative data sources can enable faster and more precise poverty mapping to inform targeted responses. The brief sets out how sources including big data analytics, remote sensing, machine learning, and satellite imagery can support real-time, cost-efficient poverty estimation. It discusses the challenges involved and highlights the need for enhanced regional cooperation, …

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Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Diagnostic of Selected Sectors in Maldives

This report analyzes gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in Maldives’ tourism, energy, and urban development sectors and shows how steps including boosting education and supporting women entrepreneurs can help narrow the gender divide. The report outlines challenges including sociocultural perceptions and the lower participation of women and disadvantaged groups in the workforce, and highlights …

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Digitalizing H2O: The Future of Water in Asia and the Pacific

This second edition of Digitalizing H2O arrives at a pivotal moment for Asia and the Pacific, where over 2 billion people still lack access to safe water and sanitation. This e-magazine showcases transformative case studies and innovations—from intelligent leak detection in India to integrated water management in the People’s Republic of China—that are reshaping how …

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