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Building roads for socioeconomic development depends on an efficient O&M system that considers the difficult topology and fiscal issues.
Update curricula to offer more green-focused programs, leverage R&D on new technologies, and commercialize green-tech start-ups.
A series of reviews or "gateway" assessments by an independent agency helps ensure proper preparation and implementation of infrastructure projects.
Plans, policies, projects, and partnerships should deliver concurrently on these imperatives: access to renewables, energy efficiency, and coal phaseout.
Leverage science-based tools, foster collaboration across sectors, build local capacity, and promote global and regional cooperation.
Involving residents from rural communities is key to improve access to markets and commercial areas.
Increasing private sector participation in training can help build employer confidence and prepare graduates for the job market.
Scale up local-level adaptation by integrating climate adaptation considerations into decentralized governance processes and resources.
Targeted policies can help save the fragile enterprises that are at the core of digital transformation.
In the Philippines, a pilot project to rehabilitate the Pasig River built community support around a low-cost waste management system.