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Life cycle assessments and complex value optimization are holistic approaches in measuring investment impacts.
In Indonesia, the rural poor gave cash and in-kind contributions to improve and maintain water supply and services.
A two-stage holistic and evidence-based framework provides urban planners a structured and practical guide for making cities healthy and age-inclusive.
There are no legal conflicts between the standards of the Eurasian Economic Union and Codex Alimentarius, but there is some confusion.
A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.
A pilot project in Viet Nam will test a heat exchange technology that reuses industrial wastewater for heating and cooling production processes.
Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.
Market-based instruments offer effective and innovative solutions for reducing water pollution and promoting efficient water use.
Introduce interventions that address childcare issues and employment segregation.
From a policy and economic standpoint, a paid sick leave program for COVID-19 is cost-effective in promoting behaviors that reduce disease spread.