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Keeping a city safe from flood and waterborne diseases requires a holistic approach to water resources management.
Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region suggest managing river basins as single ecological units.
Jiangxi province in the People’s Republic of China enhances forest productivity and ecosystem health using holistic and sustainable practices.
In Nepal, a participatory and consensus-based approach proved critical in changing people’s ‘not in my backyard’ attitude toward a municipal project.
The pandemic is an opportunity for the country to push for longer-term structural reforms.
Bucking the digital trend, the appetite for cash is driven by such factors as opportunity cost, precautionary motives, aging, and demand from abroad.
In easing the debt burden of economically vulnerable groups, measures should be taken to prevent creditor resistance and moral hazard among borrowers.
In Nepal, a project looked at how biochar can improve soil health and crop yields and reduce the importation of carbon-intensive farm inputs.
Promoting domestic tourism is essential to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s COVID-19 recovery.
A results-driven project is closing the skills gap through sector-wide reforms focused on improving technical and vocational education and training.