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The rise of megacities in the Republic of Korea requires management methods that align city-level development with metropolitan planning.
Despite extensive aid, countries with fragile and conflict-affected situations are generally failing to significantly improve the lives of their people. New thinking is needed.
Here is what works: quotas, training, skills matching, mobility, and childcare leave policies.
A context-sensitive approach in Myanmar is helping to avoid negative impacts and maximize positive results of development projects and programs.
Create an enabling environment with strong policies, institutions, and financial systems that support solutions that can adapt to changing needs.
Performance-based funding improved urban governance and quality of infrastructure and services, and promoted women’s empowerment.
Improved integration of disaster risk data, social registries, and delivery systems can strengthen crisis response.
The global minimum tax is reshaping investment incentives, requiring countries to redesign policies to protect revenue and support sustainable investment.
Tax expenditure estimation is an important analytical tool in supporting tax policy formulation.
A pilot project in the Philippines gives livelihood support and coaching to poor households, which helped them cope better with the COVID-19 crisis.