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WASH investments through piped water, improved drainage, and waste management can help curb water-related disease risks and boost climate resilience for refugees and host communities.
Each country must follow its path in leveraging fiscal resources for sustainable development.
New treaty standards give developing economies stronger taxing rights over resource activities and align policies with global sustainability goals.
Savvy project management accelerates construction of a 75 km railway in war-torn Afghanistan.
The government is strengthening its economic foundations and upscaling food and nutrition and climate-resilient social assistance to address the country’s food insecurity.
Fiscal incentives and producer responsibility can make safe recycling the norm—protecting millions from toxic exposure.
The Almaty-Bishkek Regional Road Rehabilitation Project enhanced cross-country connections between Almaty and Bishkek to support regional connectivity and trade in Central Asia.
Shifting to a low-carbon economy entails drastic reductions in fossil fuel use and emissions as well as structural adjustments.
The lessons learned by the Asian Development Bank, which was one of the last organizations to leave Afghanistan[1] in 1980 and one of the first to return in 2002.
The collapse of Mongolia’s Soviet-era health system created hardship but catalyzed reforms, strengthening primary care, insurance, and access.