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This study examines the impediments and gaps that hinder the growth of regional trade and ways to reverse declining trade efficiency.
IAEA is partnering with a number of countries in Asia and the Pacific to transform plastic waste into valuable materials through the use of radiation technology.
A tech startup in Australia is piloting the use of blockchain in ensuring traceability, provenance, and authentication in the supply chain.
Entry points for interventions include increasing access to quality seeds and materials, enhancing value chains, and promoting best practices through regional projects.
EPR frameworks, plastic credit schemes, and high-level waste management technologies can support the Global Plastics Treaty implementation.
The planning and implementation of the state-owned enterprise's labor rationalization program offer lessons in managing complex and challenging issues.
Tax reforms aimed at a 10% reduction in smoking prevalence could reduce the population of smokers by 38.7 million and prevent 11.6 million premature deaths.
Protecting ecosystems is real development, and it has an amazing return on investment.
Wholesale and retail trade, textiles, construction, electronics, and food and beverage show high circularity potential.
Mobile apps enable farmers, including women smallholders, to modernize and diversify their production and transact with suppliers and buyers directly.