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Make it easier and profitable for commercial operators to develop shipping routes to remote areas.

Proven solutions include digitizing paperwork, integrating databases, using smart cards and digital payments, and transmitting emergency assistance via mobile phones. 

Taking a risk-management approach to large-scale projects involves investing in project preparation and attending to stakeholders’ concerns early, such as land and resettlement issues.

Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.

Transporting passengers and cargo over navigable rivers and canals reduces road and rail congestion, road crashes, pollution, emissions, and energy consumption.

For best results, train the teachers, involve private companies, and share best practices with other school systems.

Success lies in industry links, technology, skills development, new modes of education delivery, and school-to-work transition programs.

Regional financial cooperation has strengthened Asian economies and made them more resilient, but attention toward this important work has waned in recent years.

To build a well-coordinated government assistance program, focus on communication and outreach, targeting, service delivery, and evaluation.

A school consortium in Australia partners with industry to create a high-tech learning lab where students get the latest in technology and career opportunities.