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Gender strategy and workplace policies are advancing safer workplaces, expanding STEM education for girls, and strengthening energy sector reforms.
Performance-informed public spending links budgets to results, fostering trust, building resilience, and promoting inclusive growth in the Philippines.
Data-driven evaluation can help students and professionals develop and focus on skills that meet the changing demands of the labor market.
Government support, good governance, and resolute leadership helped Nepal Electricity Authority achieve profitability.
Government can partner with telcos and educators and use multiple channels of existing infrastructure to reach as many children as possible.
Map subsidies’ impact on climate efforts in Asia and the Pacific and strategize carbon pricing to guide reforms.
A “polluters pay” policy helps Seoul reduce household waste going to the landfill by 90% and waste generated by the city by 40%.
In the Indian city of Mangalore, the local government partnered with private companies to modernize the sewage system and turn wastewater into a valuable asset.
Scale nature-based solutions and align investments with the Global Biodiversity Framework to reverse wetland loss in Asia and the Pacific.
Early warning is most effective when governance, data, and protocols align, helping health systems act earlier on climate-sensitive risks.