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Bioplastics industry development hinges on strategic direction and vision, environmental sustainability, and better waste management.
A market-based approach for reducing air pollution offers countries in the region great potential for flexibility and innovation.
FDI-recipient countries show positive growth in productivity but their technology gains depend on absorption capacity.
Countries can meet goals for climate change and the planned global plastics treaty through investments, technologies, and financing with co-benefits.
A hackathon in Nepal nurtured innovative tech solutions to improve sanitation practices in the country.
EPR frameworks, plastic credit schemes, and high-level waste management technologies can support the Global Plastics Treaty implementation.
Tax reforms aimed at a 10% reduction in smoking prevalence could reduce the population of smokers by 38.7 million and prevent 11.6 million premature deaths.
Protecting ecosystems is real development, and it has an amazing return on investment.
Harmonizing standards and navigating medical device regulations to boost innovations can facilitate access beyond national boundaries.
Mobile apps enable farmers, including women smallholders, to modernize and diversify their production and transact with suppliers and buyers directly.