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Legal reforms, including specialized courts, can provide women and girls better access to justice for gender-based violence.
Computer-assisted surveys make data collection possible despite COVID-19 travel and social restrictions.
Governments must rethink and refine tax policy and administration measures to not only address development challenges but also to build back better.
Better coordination and accountability are helping to improve road and water systems in Armenia.
Risk reduction, retention, and transfer are risk management approaches that can be used to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts.
Improving access to water and sanitation requires not just investing in infrastructure but also policies that ensure the sustainability of services.
An urban housing project in India is using carefully sequenced interventions to help climate-vulnerable households relocate to safe areas and sustainably rebuild their lives.
Cities can use AI and satellite imagery for rapid data collection to prevent illegal structures and ensure sustainable urban planning.
Proper design of policy incentives and the right mix of recycling, incineration, and other waste management methods through integrated planning can help protect public health and the environment in a sustainable way.
The pandemic is an opportunity for the country to push for longer-term structural reforms.