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High upfront costs and lack of incentives impede fuel efficiency initiatives in road freight in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
Long-term policy framework, regulatory alignment, and smart infrastructure may unlock the region’s digital trade potential.
Creating an enabling environment for financial technology and innovation and building public trust are key to encouraging more people to bank.
Lessons from Greater Mekong Subregion countries can help efforts to develop premium markets for Kazakhstan’s halal lamb meat and Mongolia’s camel wool.
Increasing investments in natural capital requires a proper accounting of its economic value for informed policy and decision-making.
Nepal has made it easier to move goods across borders by updating customs software, constructing a new inland clearance depot, and rehabilitating border access roads.
Technology can help reboot the tourism sector by enabling contactless and digital transactions and mapping COVID-19 infections for disease control.
The pandemic opens an opportunity to reset CAREC’s aviation industry through green lanes and domestic tourism, among others.
East Asia needs to shift toward a model of economic growth focused on low carbon emissions and more efficient use of resources.
Installing wire-rope barriers to separate opposing lanes of traffic can reduce fatal road accidents by 95%.