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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.
There is a need for globally coordinated standards and principles that allow room for countries to adapt their policies.
Plans, policies, projects, and partnerships should deliver concurrently on these imperatives: access to renewables, energy efficiency, and coal phaseout.
In the People’s Republic of China, food delivery businesses are finding innovative ways of reducing, reusing, recycling, and replacing plastic packaging.
In India, auctions were found to be better than regulator-designed tariffs in determining the procurement price for solar-generated electricity.
A study shows the planned railway will increase access to more and better jobs in 48 cities and municipalities in Metro Manila and Southern Luzon.
Short- and long-term actions in roads, rail, waterways, maritime, and aviation can enhance transport connectivity and promote integration in the SAARC region.
Promote remote processing of cargo clearances and modernize border facilities to improve intraregional trade in BIMSTEC.
A hackathon in Nepal nurtured innovative tech solutions to improve sanitation practices in the country.
Solomon Islands has overcome significant challenges to private sector development by implementing policies that create jobs and livelihoods through private enterprise.