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Transporting passengers and cargo over navigable rivers and canals reduces road and rail congestion, road crashes, pollution, emissions, and energy consumption.
Better coordination and accountability are helping to improve road and water systems in Armenia.
Successful adaptation to older population age structures requires a policy focus on measuring and improving the social value of medical care.
Develop e-learning resources, curricula that include ‘soft skills,’ and education infrastructure to improve learning in Asia and the Pacific.
In Viet Nam, where the motorcycle is king of the road, convincing the public to support a metro rail project required a strategic communication plan.
In Nepal, a participatory and consensus-based approach proved critical in changing people’s ‘not in my backyard’ attitude toward a municipal project.
A results-driven project is closing the skills gap through sector-wide reforms focused on improving technical and vocational education and training.
Analysis using a multidimensional index suggests that regional integration boosts growth and reduces poverty, beyond the usual effect of trade openness.
The Sri Lanka Southern Transport Development Project offers lessons in implementing large infrastructure projects involving multiple development partners and affecting many people and communities.
Countries need to build capacity and develop financial solutions for different climate risks, including those that can better address slow-onset events.