Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members were urged on Thursday to adopt inclusive business (IB) initiatives as a tool to reduce poverty during a high-level dialogue that kicked off the final week of the grouping’s annual summit.

Eriko Ishikawa, global head of the Inclusive Business Team of the World Bank’s International Finance Corp., said IB refers to core business models of commercially viable companies that provide solutions to poverty.

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