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The Sri Lanka Southern Transport Development Project offers lessons in implementing large infrastructure projects involving multiple development partners and affecting many people and communities.
The lack of a dedicated financial mechanism to address climate-related loss and damage underscores the need for innovative ways to address this funding gap.
Protecting ecosystems is real development, and it has an amazing return on investment.
One way to counter negative perceptions about technical and vocation education and training (TVET) programs is to promote them through better communications.
Proven solutions include digitizing paperwork, integrating databases, using smart cards and digital payments, and transmitting emergency assistance via mobile phones.
Policies being undertaken in the Pacific are helping businesses move from the informal to the formal sector and generate better jobs.
Safer infrastructure and robust post-crash care can save lives, prevent long-term disabilities, and support recovery.
Experience from two projects shows digital tools for database management help ensure a fair and transparent process and efficient resource allocation.
A series of reviews or "gateway" assessments by an independent agency helps ensure proper preparation and implementation of infrastructure projects.
The National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2035 emphasizes nature-based solutions, a region-specific approach, and climate-resilient investments.