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Consultations with stakeholders helped create a well-rounded sustainable and consumption action plan with broad support.
Microfinance anchored on civil society organizations is a promising model in banking the unbanked.
Timor-Leste can improve its business environment by focusing on investment promotion efforts, strengthening investment facilitation, and using a more problem-driven approach.
The CAREC transport corridors present reliable alternatives to maritime chokepoints, especially for shorter distances and time-sensitive goods.
Collaborations can bridge infrastructure deficits as well as support transformational development and enhance urban livability in many ways.
In Southeast Asia, big data can help transform the delivery of education, health care, and social welfare and protection services.
Carbon taxes and emission trading systems can help countries mobilize fiscal resources while enabling green economic recovery from COVID-19.
Urban cooling with nature-based solutions requires integrated planning, equitable access, community input, and local adaptation for fair, effective results.
Building regional regulatory capabilities in Asia and the Pacific requires strong oversight and sustained commitment to strengthening vaccine regulatory systems.
Mobile apps enable farmers, including women smallholders, to modernize and diversify their production and transact with suppliers and buyers directly.