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Sorsogon City in the Philippines is investigating options for upgrading its open dumpsites to a properly managed landfill.
While many inclusive businesses support the concept of gender-inclusivity, much more can be done to ensure that women’s economic empowerment is promoted in the workplace.
Here is what works: quotas, training, skills matching, mobility, and childcare leave policies.
A context-sensitive approach in Myanmar is helping to avoid negative impacts and maximize positive results of development projects and programs.
Community involvement in planning, operation, and maintenance has been key to the successful provision of water and sanitation services for more than 700,000 people living in remote and poor regions in Nepal.
The solutions in Asia and the Pacific: explore groundwater abstraction options, build efficient water infrastructure, develop better data, and improve water management, particularly for agriculture.
In the Philippines, a pilot project to rehabilitate the Pasig River built community support around a low-cost waste management system.
The basic education and skill set that powered "Factory Asia" needs realignment if Asia is to continue its upward trajectory.
In Bangladesh, access and use of high-quality primary health care facilities are being improved, particularly for women and girls.
Policies being undertaken in the Pacific are helping businesses move from the informal to the formal sector and generate better jobs.