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Blockchain is transforming financial transactions—with far-reaching implications for the unbanked.
Scale up local-level adaptation by integrating climate adaptation considerations into decentralized governance processes and resources.
The COVID-19 pandemic shows the importance of real-time learning in adapting interventions to an uncertain and rapidly changing situation.
Establish an internal risk management system, implement concrete strategies, enhance governance structure, and strengthen information disclosure.
Development fees placed on buildings were used to improve pedestrian mobility through elevated walkways in the Makati central business district.
Microfinance anchored on civil society organizations is a promising model in banking the unbanked.
Timor-Leste can improve its business environment by focusing on investment promotion efforts, strengthening investment facilitation, and using a more problem-driven approach.
Collaborations can bridge infrastructure deficits as well as support transformational development and enhance urban livability in many ways.
In Southeast Asia, big data can help transform the delivery of education, health care, and social welfare and protection services.
Carbon taxes and emission trading systems can help countries mobilize fiscal resources while enabling green economic recovery from COVID-19.