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Performance-informed public spending links budgets to results, fostering trust, building resilience, and promoting inclusive growth in the Philippines.
In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, an urban water project helped women to become water engineers through scholarships, training, and mentoring.
The convergence of national capability formation, institutional capacity building, and regional cooperation can expand human potential.
The Asian Development Bank examines prospects to ramp up efforts for greater utilization of demand-side energy efficiency in Asia and the Pacific.
Replacing dispersed coal burning with centralized district heating can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption.
The solutions in Asia and the Pacific: explore groundwater abstraction options, build efficient water infrastructure, develop better data, and improve water management, particularly for agriculture.
Digital financial services like mobile money can reduce transfer prices and improve transparency, efficiency, and access.
Injecting carbon dioxide into mature oil fields can boost production and store this climate-warming gas underground permanently.
Tackling undernutrition in children under 5 years of age requires political will, resources, and a focus on results.
The National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2035 emphasizes nature-based solutions, a region-specific approach, and climate-resilient investments.