Cross-border trade, marketing, and supply chains are reshaping diets across Asia, limiting the effectiveness of national policies.

Improved integration of disaster risk data, social registries, and delivery systems can strengthen crisis response.

Adopt a full lifecycle approach to plastic management, backed by strong enforcement and circular economy solutions.

Sri Lanka’s Aswesuma program can better support the vulnerable by refining targeting, improving data, and aligning aid with poverty reduction.

Debt-for-climate-and-nature swaps provide Sri Lanka with a practical solution to ease debt, combat climate change, and protect biodiversity.

Easing the pension burden in Sri Lanka demands structural reforms and a transition to a contributory model.

Balanced regional integration boosts women's economic participation, driving gender-inclusive growth and reducing inequality in Sri Lanka.

Targeted, strategic, and innovative measures are needed to ensure edtech effectively promotes inclusiveness for marginalized and vulnerable children.

Future-proof workers against the impact of future pandemics by strengthening community- and evidence-based initiatives.

Improve resource allocation, public sector efficiency, and asset maintenance.