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Taking a risk-management approach to large-scale projects involves investing in project preparation and attending to stakeholders’ concerns early, such as land and resettlement issues.
Transporting passengers and cargo over navigable rivers and canals reduces road and rail congestion, road crashes, pollution, emissions, and energy consumption.
Uzbekistan is scaling solar and other renewables, using innovative financing and partnerships to modernize its power sector and cut emissions.
Harmonizing standards and navigating medical device regulations to boost innovations can facilitate access beyond national boundaries.
Policies should promote the growth and sustainability of social enterprises without making them dependent on state support.
Strengthen power systems against climate and other risks to minimize damage to infrastructure, disruption of service, and economic loss.
Chronic respiratory disease screening and management through digital spirometry can improve lung health outcomes in Asia and the Pacific.
Setting the criteria for classifying environmentally sound investments can help the Republic of Korea transition to a carbon-neutral economy.
Lessons from efforts of the Republic of Korea to help financially vulnerable borrowers before the pandemic can help shape effective measures.
Governments should provide policy and financial support to industries that shift to remote or noncontact transactions to cope with COVID-19.