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Development fees placed on buildings were used to improve pedestrian mobility through elevated walkways in the Makati central business district.

A Philippine distiller has demonstrated how to turn wastewater into clean energy and fertilizer, highlighting the cost effectiveness of green solutions to pollution.

A new framework enables near real-time monitoring of sea routes, helping improve decisions on vessel movement and transport of global goods.

Investments must focus on diverse vaccine platforms, capacity building, and collaborative networks.

Building regional regulatory capabilities in Asia and the Pacific requires strong oversight and sustained commitment to strengthening vaccine regulatory systems.

Analogous with the gradually increasing global temperature, a gradually increasing carbon tax will over time alter and transform the economics of energy use.

Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.

Assess preparedness for BEPS minimum standards and the global minimum tax proposal, prioritize tax certainty, and develop capacities to address international tax avoidance and treaty abuse.

Invest in responsible, data-driven AI adoption backed by strong governance, pilot testing, and cross-sector collaboration.

Machine learning and satellite imagery can provide data needed by governments for effective property tax management more quickly and efficiently.