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Enhancing housing affordability and sustainability requires capacity development, affordability-based demand assessment, financing, and design improvements.
In the Philippines, solutions that respect river dynamics and ecosystem functions were adopted to keep vulnerable communities safe from natural hazards.
Banking on a growing digital economy, Viet Nam needs to improve IT connectivity and skills, e-payments, logistics, cybersecurity, and consumer trust.
Creating a mortgage refinancing company was critical to building a stable residential housing market.
Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of urban areas to climate change.
A livelihood project sets up night markets in border towns of the Greater Mekong Subregion and provides microfinance support to vendors.
Tajikistan combined irrigation system repairs with agriculture policy reforms to increase food security and farm productivity.
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.
Regulations need to be aligned to improve the efficiency of environment, social, governance investments.
Meaningful CSO engagement is central to improving the inclusivity, accountability, and sustainability of water projects.