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Enhancing transport and trade linkages between and across the countries in the Bay of Bengal region requires a strategic master plan.
Within a week of installing environmental nudges, handwashing with soap among students rose to 61% from 15%.
Valuation approaches include cost-based, revealed preference, stated preference, and benefit transfer.
Providing a lifeline to workers and businesses most affected by the COVID-19 crisis calls for innovative solutions, such as digital money transfers.
A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.
In Australia, the private sector is working with regulators to maximize the benefits of blockchain technology and minimize its risks.
Addressing weaknesses in procurement, contract and asset management, and financial management ensures better project management and implementation.
What is needed: Increased financing, reliable supplies of affordable and effective medicines, improved data from health information systems, stronger implementation of national malaria programs, and leadership that looks beyond the health sector.
Better coordination and accountability are helping to improve road and water systems in Armenia.
Legislative and regulatory reforms are crucial to shifting toward a seamless, harmonized, and paper-less trade system.