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Technology can help reboot the tourism sector by enabling contactless and digital transactions and mapping COVID-19 infections for disease control.
Indigenous peoples can better articulate their role in making sense of a project’s environmental and social impacts through participatory storytelling.
Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.
Inclusive digitalization involves expanding ICT access, adopting user-centric digital designs, and promoting digital literacy.
The World Food Programme uses cash transfers not just to feed the hungry but also to give people purchasing power to buy locally, helping to boost economies.
Regenerative agroforestry can promote decarbonization and biodiversity, while improving coffee farmers’ livelihoods in the Lao PDR.
Improved integration of disaster risk data, social registries, and delivery systems can strengthen crisis response.
Economic incentives push producers and consumers to use resources more efficiently and reduce environmental costs as well as spur innovative practices.
Integrating digital innovation into planning helps countries test, design, and deliver effective circular economy strategies.
Data-driven evaluation can help students and professionals develop and focus on skills that meet the changing demands of the labor market.