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Promoting domestic tourism is essential to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s COVID-19 recovery.
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In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, an urban water project helped women to become water engineers through scholarships, training, and mentoring.
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This piece highlights how sustainable tourism development can support the empowerment of women and minorities.
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A study looks at the costs of overloading and how improved policies and enforcement can give an economic boost to Mekong countries.
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Surveyed developing member countries have priorities aligned with the environmental dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals but need to take steps to overcome barriers and achieve their targets.
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A livelihood project sets up night markets in border towns of the Greater Mekong Subregion and provides microfinance support to vendors.
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Financial resource mobilization by the Malaria Trust Fund has helped eradicate malaria and build strong foundations for health systems in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
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Southeast Asia’s digital transformation is underway but the region still faces barriers to growing its digital economy.
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An Industrial Pollution Projection System (IPPS) has been used in the Greater Mekong Subregion to help countries identify current and future pollution risks.
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A regional approach to food policy driven by business and public interests can better protect consumers and suppliers in both domestic and export markets, support scaling up of production, and facilitate market access and Greater Mekong Subregion product branding and marketing.
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High upfront costs and lack of incentives impede fuel efficiency initiatives in road freight in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
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The Green Freight Initiative in the Greater Mekong Subregion is improving fuel efficiency and reducing costs and emissions of trucking companies.
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Increasing investments in natural capital requires a proper accounting of its economic value for informed policy and decision-making.
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A Greater Mekong Subregion study looks at a combination of risk retention, risk sharing, and risk transfer mechanisms in strengthening disaster resilience in rural areas.
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Rehabilitating natural systems with green infrastructure is key to building sustainability and resilience to climate change in urban areas.