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Accelerating universal access to water and sanitation is critical to preventing and managing future health crises.
Combining market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services and conditional social transfers, alleviate poverty while conserving ecosystems.
Within a week of installing environmental nudges, handwashing with soap among students rose to 61% from 15%.
The World Food Programme uses cash transfers not just to feed the hungry but also to give people purchasing power to buy locally, helping to boost economies.
A data-driven roadmap integrates governance, technology, and finance to help Sri Lanka’s water utility adapt to climate risks and lower emissions.
Aligning strategies, incentives, and activities can drive lasting, sector-wide change.
By becoming leaders, girls and young women can contribute to innovation, empathy, and accountability in development programming.
Pseudo-panel methods using repeated cross-sectional surveys, which are less costly and easier to do, may offer a solution to this problem.
Act early, act together, and act wisely—so AI amplifies human aspiration rather than undermines social cohesion and development.
Strategies include enhancing water resource management, strengthening biodiversity conservation, and promoting sustainable ecotourism.