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Leverage blue bonds, PPPs, and blended finance to direct capital toward nature-based and policy-driven solutions that safeguard river ecosystems.
Wholesale and retail trade, textiles, construction, electronics, and food and beverage show high circularity potential.
An enabling environment and strong governance lead to better socioeconomic outcomes.
A study shows targeting support to tourism, agro-processing, garments, electronics, and digital trade can help ensure strong recovery from COVID-19.
Singapore’s biophilic public hospital was built by rehabilitating and incorporating a nearby stormwater collection pond to create a waterfront healing space popular with patients and nearby residents alike.
Digital financial services like mobile money can reduce transfer prices and improve transparency, efficiency, and access.
Relocating communal spaces, supported by inclusive dialogue, helps safeguard community bonds and cultural continuity.
Alibaba’s digital financial services group shares its experience in using digital technology to reach the unbanked and underserved.
With foreign aid assistance, the mobilization of nongovernment organizations, the community, and other key stakeholders, the government of the Republic of Korea was able to implement policies for a successful country-wide reforestation program.
A study of nighttime luminosity in Sri Lanka shows an uptake of local economic activities in areas connected by a large-scale road project.