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Transporting passengers and cargo over navigable rivers and canals reduces road and rail congestion, road crashes, pollution, emissions, and energy consumption.
Meaningful involvement and leadership of young women and girls in nature-based solutions-related projects enhances sustainability of interventions.
Taking a risk-management approach to large-scale projects involves investing in project preparation and attending to stakeholders’ concerns early, such as land and resettlement issues.
Harmonizing standards and navigating medical device regulations to boost innovations can facilitate access beyond national boundaries.
Chronic respiratory disease screening and management through digital spirometry can improve lung health outcomes in Asia and the Pacific.
The rise of megacities in the Republic of Korea requires management methods that align city-level development with metropolitan planning.
The Sri Lanka Southern Transport Development Project offers lessons in implementing large infrastructure projects involving multiple development partners and affecting many people and communities.
Governments should provide policy and financial support to industries that shift to remote or noncontact transactions to cope with COVID-19.
Effective project design and community engagement helped the Peoples' Republic of China overcome the challenges in building the Dali-Lijiang Railway.
In Bhutan, aviation safety and efficiency are improving due to strong policies and institutions, together with modern infrastructure and technology.