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Combining market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services and conditional social transfers, alleviate poverty while conserving ecosystems.
Regenerative agroforestry can promote decarbonization and biodiversity, while improving coffee farmers’ livelihoods in the Lao PDR.
Singapore has built a community space dedicated to integrating persons with disabilities in society by providing them with training and employment opportunities, while ensuring that it is an inclusive space that promotes interaction among people of all abilities.
Employment outcomes for young people can be maximized with career guidance and employment services.
A study from India shows low- and middle-income countries must improve economic evaluations of health interventions to reduce chronic disease burden.
Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.
WASH investments through piped water, improved drainage, and waste management can help curb water-related disease risks and boost climate resilience for refugees and host communities.
In Seoul, 90% of landfill-bound wastes were instead used to produce energy enough to heat 518,000 households.
Financial support and credit rehabilitation can help financially vulnerable borrowers to repay their debts amid economic impacts of COVID-19.
Each country must follow its path in leveraging fiscal resources for sustainable development.