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An after-school program for teens that develops technical competence in 21st-century skills is being replicated across the country and beyond.
Performance-based funding improved urban governance and quality of infrastructure and services, and promoted women’s empowerment.
Enhanced policy dialogue and regional cooperation hold the key to improving food security and a strong COVID-19 recovery.
Less developed countries can take advantage of increased talent flows in the region in expanding their “brain network.”
Gender tip sheets make the business case for mainstreaming gender goals into finance, renewable energy, agribusiness, and other private sector projects.
The region needs integrated and holistic policies to push an ambitious agenda that requires capital, innovation, and new business models and mindsets.
Inclusive business models can effectively reduce inequality, helping vulnerable low-income earners get out of poverty.
Investments include water conservation, ecosystem rehabilitation, disaster prevention, and green growth capacity development.
Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region suggest managing river basins as single ecological units.
Replacing an old barrage with advanced technology vastly improved water and flood control, connectivity, and access to essential social services.