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Trust-based frameworks safeguard vulnerable people while ensuring their assets support care and quality of life.
Low-income households were moved from at-risk areas near rail tracks to safe, inclusive housing—pioneering transparent, climate-resilient urban resettlement in Sri Lanka.
Transporting passengers and cargo over navigable rivers and canals reduces road and rail congestion, road crashes, pollution, emissions, and energy consumption.
Regulatory and financial innovations can ensure that microfinance benefits those who need them most.
WASH investments through piped water, improved drainage, and waste management can help curb water-related disease risks and boost climate resilience for refugees and host communities.
One of the most populous cities in the Philippines examines ways to make its waste collection system financially sustainable.
Health systems must prioritize sustainable oxygen supply to strengthen routine care and prepare for future pandemics.
Regenerative agroforestry can promote decarbonization and biodiversity, while improving coffee farmers’ livelihoods in the Lao PDR.
A Korean research project finds the complex partial box girder method as an economically feasible alternative to steel box girders.
Governments must rethink and refine tax policy and administration measures to not only address development challenges but also to build back better.