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Science-based solutions help rural communities manage water resources sustainably and build resilience against climate change impacts.
New digital technologies are a game changer for financial inclusion in Asia, opening up access to financial services for all sectors of society, and in the process helping dispel myths about financial inclusion.
Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region suggest managing river basins as single ecological units.
Performance-based funding improved urban governance and quality of infrastructure and services, and promoted women’s empowerment.
Well-designed and participatory eco-compensation schemes with proper technical assistance can help small farmers in some of the poorest and most ecologically sensitive areas in the People’s Republic of China.
River infrastructure projects must consider natural flows in project planning to save aquatic ecosystems and downstream communities.
Experts share insights on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and on how to gear up for it.
Poverty maps derived from satellite images helped target the most vulnerable households in pandemic-affected areas in the Philippines.
Major reforms toward a market-based, open economy required extensive public communications to gain public support in the Republic of Korea.
Successful adaptation to older population age structures requires a policy focus on measuring and improving the social value of medical care.