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A community-driven initiative can benefit interventions in housing and create opportunities to improve the design and delivery of services and facilities in critical sectors.
Solutions include lowering statutory maximum lending rates, expanding policy financing and mid-rate loans, increasing loans and loan guarantees.
Understanding the logic flow of project assessment helps improve environmental categorization, assessment, and management of projects.
Despite a lack of domestic energy resources, the Republic of Korea has become one of the largest economies in the world.
Environment-friendly development policies helped the Republic of Korea reduce carbon emissions while sustaining high economic growth.
The Yangtze River Protection Law sets a precedent for legislating policies that support the sustainable development and management of rivers.
In the Greater Mekong Subregion, environmental assessment for livestock value chains projects helps avoid, minimize, and mitigate environmental, health, and safety risks.
Advanced fertilizers improve soil fertility, reduce nutrient losses and runoff to waterways related to fertilizer use, and enhance nutrient use efficiency.
Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region suggest managing river basins as single ecological units.
Proper design of policy incentives and the right mix of recycling, incineration, and other waste management methods through integrated planning can help protect public health and the environment in a sustainable way.