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In Indonesia, a rating system encourages companies to step up efforts in controlling water pollution.
Gender-targeted strategies are needed to improve health care for women under India’s universal medical insurance program.
Challenges include creating an enabling environment, national and sectoral planning, multiyear assessment of fiscal risks, and gaps in project preparation.
Creating project readiness checklists and certification programs on procurement, financial management, and safeguards will help ensure effective project implementation.
A properly functioning market chain and flow of agricultural products are vital to ensuring food and nutrition security amid COVID-19.
A comprehensive strategy that addresses learning loss and improves learning outcomes is the key to a robust education system in the new normal.
Investments should seek to strengthen women’s capacities to anticipate, absorb, and adapt to the impacts of natural hazards and climate change and contribute to sustainable development.
A pilot project in the Philippines gives livelihood support and coaching to poor households, which helped them cope better with the COVID-19 crisis.
Contractual arrangements for PPP infrastructure procurement must be improved.
Large-scale and youth-targeted government policies can mitigate the short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on youth employment in Asia.