Labor, health, and safety measures ensure that the rights and welfare of both local and migrant workers are protected.

Innovative reforms can play a role in helping tax systems to contribute to improved social protection and reduced inequality in Asia and the Pacific.

PPPs in renewable energy create more investment and jobs and help bring countries closer to their sustainable goals.

Water tariff reforms coupled with personnel training, social contracts, and technology updates can make water utilities more efficient.

In the Greater Mekong Subregion, environmental assessment for livestock value chains projects helps avoid, minimize, and mitigate environmental, health, and safety risks.

Involving forest users in managing and conserving resources while strengthening value chains help curb illegal logging and forest fires.

Build storage facilities, protect local workers, and develop systems to monitor risks.  

In the People’s Republic of China, food delivery businesses are finding innovative ways of reducing, reusing, recycling, and replacing plastic packaging.

Instead of recapturing the tourism of the pre-pandemic era, countries should strive to create a new kind of tourism that is more closely aligned to the SDGs.

Enhancing long-term care systems entails engaging stakeholders, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and establishing legal and regulatory frameworks.