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High upfront costs and lack of incentives impede fuel efficiency initiatives in road freight in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

Urban planners in Seoul shifted from paper-based processes to a computerized system to improve information sharing and decision-making.

The People’s Republic of China’s efforts to integrate natural capital accounting into its national policy development process may encourage mainstreaming of the practice in other parts of the world. 

Lanzhou, in the People’s Republic of China, has the world's first bus rapid transit with a split station design allowing buses in the same direction to stop on both sides of the platform, easing travel time.

Banking on a growing digital economy, Viet Nam needs to improve IT connectivity and skills, e-payments, logistics, cybersecurity, and consumer trust.

Performance-based funding improved urban governance and quality of infrastructure and services, and promoted women’s empowerment.

A pilot project in the Philippines gives livelihood support and coaching to poor households, which helped them cope better with the COVID-19 crisis.

Strong governance is essential to achieving climate goals, mobilizing resources, and accelerating climate-resilient development.

Contractual arrangements for PPP infrastructure procurement must be improved.

Large-scale and youth-targeted government policies can mitigate the short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on youth employment in Asia.