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Market-based instruments offer effective and innovative solutions for reducing water pollution and promoting efficient water use.
A digital ledger of transactions can help authenticate and ensure the trustworthiness of data.
Asia can gain from the longevity dividend by tapping emerging technologies to promote an age-friendly workplace.
One way to reduce poverty in developing countries is to make it cheaper and easier for migrant workers to send money home.
Japanese firms share best practices and technology in live wire maintenance with Electricity of Viet Nam to improve electric power distribution.
In Mongolia, community revolving funds helped poor households develop tourism goods and services aligned with biodiversity conservation.
Act early, act together, and act wisely—so AI amplifies human aspiration rather than undermines social cohesion and development.
In Medellin city, Colombia, cable cars have helped enhance mobility for marginalized neighborhoods, reduce pollution, and improve quality of life.
Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.
AI and digital innovation can help extend working lives, strengthen pensions, and build more resilient systems for the aging population.