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A series of reviews or "gateway" assessments by an independent agency helps ensure proper preparation and implementation of infrastructure projects.
Water tariff reforms coupled with personnel training, social contracts, and technology updates can make water utilities more efficient.
Strengthening the capacity of the new lake authority was a critical success factor in implementing an integrated lake basin management project.
ADB’s Triple A initiative empowers atoll nations to tackle climate change and secure a resilient future through transformational adaptation strategies.
Embedding health security in fiscal policy can reduce economic losses and avert deaths during a pandemic.
Bringing quality preventive and diagnostic services closer to communities can reduce health inequalities.
Enhancing housing affordability and sustainability requires capacity development, affordability-based demand assessment, financing, and design improvements.
Best practices in WASH initiatives consider the needs, culture, and behaviors of the poor and vulnerable who are most at risk of infectious diseases.
Balanced regional integration boosts women's economic participation, driving gender-inclusive growth and reducing inequality in Sri Lanka.
Despite welcome progress on universal access to electricity, the transition to renewable energy is faltering at a time when multiple shocks are hitting Asia and the Pacific hard.