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Gender bonds can scale up women’s access to finance and promote gender equality at the same time.
The 2024 ProFIT Survey highlights the need to simplify business registration, expand SME financing, and align skills training with market demand.
Gender data on education, health, and other sectors can guide policy interventions that aim to help reduce the gender gap.
Harmonize traceability standards and adopt shared digital technologies to boost interoperability in the food supply chain.
The government is strengthening its economic foundations and upscaling food and nutrition and climate-resilient social assistance to address the country’s food insecurity.
Improve resource allocation, public sector efficiency, and asset maintenance.
In urban areas in the Lao PDR, decentralized solutions prove to be a low-maintenance and environment-friendly way to ensure clean water and sanitation.
The EU’s regulation to reduce tropical deforestation caused by agriculture will be crucial, but it may impose severe short-term costs on smallholders.
Enhanced policy dialogue and regional cooperation hold the key to improving food security and a strong COVID-19 recovery.
Asia’s cities need innovative solutions to manage increasing volumes of waste.