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Economic incentives push producers and consumers to use resources more efficiently and reduce environmental costs as well as spur innovative practices.
Replacing dispersed coal burning with centralized district heating can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption.
Sri Lanka’s Aswesuma program can better support the vulnerable by refining targeting, improving data, and aligning aid with poverty reduction.
Leveraging technological innovations can help overcome growth constraints and increase agriculture’s economic contribution.
Enhanced policy dialogue and regional cooperation hold the key to improving food security and a strong COVID-19 recovery.
Adjust the tax rate in response to inflation and income growth to sustain its potency in discouraging sugar-sweetened beverages consumption.
Improvements in pipeline infrastructure and better customer metering led to significant nonrevenue water reduction and an increase in revenue.
Innovations in water management and adaptive planning can create opportunities for climate adaptation and mitigation.
Within a week of installing environmental nudges, handwashing with soap among students rose to 61% from 15%.
Private institutions are creating new ways to learn and access learning tools for people to meet future skills demand.