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Targeted financing, regional pooling, and digital solutions can expand access to essential health services across dispersed island populations.
Digital tools can strengthen primary health care through integrated and system-ready solutions that support physical and mental health needs.
Harmonizing the definition and measurement of circularity drives better policies and stronger cooperation.
Shaded rest, clean water, and cooling systems safeguard workers from extreme heat while boosting productivity.
Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.
Broaden the tax base, increase taxation on capital income, and strengthen all core functions of tax administration for improved compliance.
A digital application has helped reduce marine plastic leakage by improving municipal solid waste collection.
Community-based solutions help preempt possible adverse effects of a wind farm in the northern Philippines and ensure an inclusive energy transition.
Strengthen power systems against climate and other risks to minimize damage to infrastructure, disruption of service, and economic loss.
Cities in Asia and the Pacific need to scale up investments in resilient infrastructure amid increasing climate and disaster risks.