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Transforming tax administration with business intelligence enhances transparency, efficiency, and progress toward the sustainable development goals.
Asia’s cities need innovative solutions to manage increasing volumes of waste.
In Nepal, a project looked at how biochar can improve soil health and crop yields and reduce the importation of carbon-intensive farm inputs.
Colombia’s capital Bogota has made it safe and easy to travel by bicycle to work or school by creating a 376-kilometer grid of bike paths, called CicloRutas.
Singapore pioneered road pricing as a tool to reduce traffic congestion and improved it over the years into a high-tech, pay-as-you-use system.
Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government provides market analysis, such as consumption patterns and purchasing power, to help small entrepreneurs succeed.
Policy makers must improve labor market conditions and reduce employment uncertainties as part of their economic stimulus plans.
Replacing an old barrage with advanced technology vastly improved water and flood control, connectivity, and access to essential social services.
Basic infrastructure needs to be put in place before blockchain fintech can solve persistent problems that hold back growth and job creation.