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East Asia needs to shift toward a model of economic growth focused on low carbon emissions and more efficient use of resources.
Strategies from three metro rail projects in India include embedded design measures and noise barrier installation.
Promoting national digital ID systems, interoperable systems, and cloud-based infrastructures can make digital financial services more efficient.
Social protection spending and coverage are increasing, yet some countries continue to favor the nonpoor over the poor, and men over women.
A project in Chaonan district in the People’s Republic China shows how to improve services in rural areas and small towns with scarce water resources.
A new diagnostic tool can strengthen public institutions, where services are delivered and where corruption and inefficiency often emerge.
The widespread adoption of water-saving technologies, such as alternate wetting and drying, is crucial to ensure the long-term sustainability of Pakistan's rice sector.
Strengthening multi-sectoral policy response can help health systems adapt to the increasing dominance of noncommunicable diseases.
International exchange of information curbs the outflow of resources from tax evasion.
Large-scale and youth-targeted government policies can mitigate the short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on youth employment in Asia.