China, ASEAN look to innovation to finance poverty reduction

 

ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General Alicia Dela Rosa-Bala addresses the 9th ASEAN-China Forum on Social Development and Poverty Reduction in Vientiane, Laos, July 28, 2015. Innovative policy approaches hold the answer in unlocking the access to financial services necessary to help Asia's underprivileged tap opportunities, insure themselves against risks and successfully escape poverty. This was among the messages shared among some 150 participants on the first day of the 9th ASEAN-China Forum on Social Development and Poverty Reduction held in the Lao capital Tuesday. (Xinhua/Liu Ailun)