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A study of nighttime luminosity in Sri Lanka shows an uptake of local economic activities in areas connected by a large-scale road project.
The 2024 ProFIT Survey highlights the need to simplify business registration, expand SME financing, and align skills training with market demand.
Leverage science-based tools, foster collaboration across sectors, build local capacity, and promote global and regional cooperation.
A community-driven initiative can benefit interventions in housing and create opportunities to improve the design and delivery of services and facilities in critical sectors.
Structured health assessments guide countries in strengthening climate-ready services, improving infrastructure, and reducing vulnerability across sectors.
Proven solutions include digitizing paperwork, integrating databases, using smart cards and digital payments, and transmitting emergency assistance via mobile phones.
Tajikistan has overcome the challenges of being a mountainous, landlocked country to make development gains across society.
Five critical reforms can bolster global health systems against pandemics, climate change, and emerging infectious disease threats.
In India, auctions were found to be better than regulator-designed tariffs in determining the procurement price for solar-generated electricity.
In Kaysone Phomvihane, Lao PDR, good O&M contract management and community support will ensure the sustainability of a new sanitary landfill facility.