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The Islamic Development Bank shares its experience in microfinance and group value chain financing to improve access to credit in rural areas.
Large-scale reversal of deforestation can be achieved through effective interventions and finance mechanisms that support conservation initiatives.
The collapse of Mongolia’s Soviet-era health system created hardship but catalyzed reforms, strengthening primary care, insurance, and access.
Strengthen laws, improve labeling, create incentives, regulate refrigerants, and promote large-scale adoption.
Efforts focused on revegetation, grazing ban, hydrological connection, and community engagement to restore the wetland ecosystems, boost carbon sequestration, and improve livelihood.
Local governments need a combination of strategic policy reforms and capacity building to effectively perform disaster risk reduction and management functions.
The experience of a water utility in Manila shows that dividing a large network into smaller zones improves leak detection and distribution efficiency.
De-risking investments in high-impact, green technologies enabled the large-scale demonstration of energy-efficient production and emission reduction retrofits.
COVID-19 has been like rocket fuel to the fintech industry; it’s now time to close digital gaps, particularly for women.
In Mongolia, community revolving funds helped poor households develop tourism goods and services aligned with biodiversity conservation.