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Policymakers should focus on long-term strategic plans such as zoning of territories based on potential water sources when designing water and sanitation solutions for communities.
Technology can help reboot the tourism sector by enabling contactless and digital transactions and mapping COVID-19 infections for disease control.
Design projects with high economic impact and share dividends with investors and communities through hometown investment funds, land trusts, and other instruments.
Digital finance promises to be an effective means of reaching the unbanked, but its use must be accompanied by consumer information and education.
PPPs can advance road projects, strengthen infrastructure, and support Sustainable Development Goals, but require effective fiscal and debt management.
Environment-friendly development policies helped the Republic of Korea reduce carbon emissions while sustaining high economic growth.
Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.
In the Republic of Korea, K-water offers smart solutions for managing limited water resources to supply increasing demand in cities.
Modernized facilities and customs reform cut the passage time by over 50% at the busy border crossing in Uzbekistan.
The Republic of Korea has been a leader in training government officials to be catalysts of economic development.