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Broaden the tax base, increase taxation on capital income, and strengthen all core functions of tax administration for improved compliance.
A web-based platform using satellite data and climate scenarios helps urban planners build resilient and livable cities.
Regional financial cooperation has strengthened Asian economies and made them more resilient, but attention toward this important work has waned in recent years.
Sorsogon City in the Philippines is investigating options for upgrading its open dumpsites to a properly managed landfill.
Private institutions are creating new ways to learn and access learning tools for people to meet future skills demand.
Nature-based solutions offer multiple co-benefits and are implementable at community scale.
Debt-for-climate-and-nature swaps provide Sri Lanka with a practical solution to ease debt, combat climate change, and protect biodiversity.
The Yangtze River Protection Law sets a precedent for legislating policies that support the sustainable development and management of rivers.
Proper monitoring and regulation of traditional medicine and its integration with western medicine can enhance the quality of health care response.
The new constitution of Nepal has introduced a three-tier structure of federal government (federal, province, and local) and all three levels have the constitutional power to enact laws, prepare budgets, and mobilize their own resources.