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Rapid and low-risk prototyping of solutions to problems promotes innovative and cost-effective approaches to urban development.
Wholesale and retail trade, textiles, construction, electronics, and food and beverage show high circularity potential.
E-commerce can enhance rural livelihoods with public investments in facilities and training, access to funding, and favorable market conditions.
Scaling up farm activities through sustainable mechanisms that improve conditions and incomes of smallholder farmers can alleviate rural poverty.
This is a case study on how to raise awareness and build community ownership among diverse stakeholders for a project to save Nepal’s Bagmati River.
Strengthening regional cooperation, diversifying exports, and streamlining trade processes can give Central Asia’s exports a push.
Experience from a hydropower project in Pakistan shows how construction workers’ welfare, which is usually overlooked, can be served better.
Legal reforms, including specialized courts, can provide women and girls better access to justice for gender-based violence.
Strategies include enhancing water resource management, strengthening biodiversity conservation, and promoting sustainable ecotourism.
A study shows targeting support to tourism, agro-processing, garments, electronics, and digital trade can help ensure strong recovery from COVID-19.