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A livelihood project sets up night markets in border towns of the Greater Mekong Subregion and provides microfinance support to vendors.
Online training of caregivers using a popular mobile app and a digital monitoring and assessment platform help improve the quality of services.
Farmers are managing seasonal floods and droughts better, thanks to a modern irrigation system, flood-proof road, and disaster risk control measures.
In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, an urban water project helped women to become water engineers through scholarships, training, and mentoring.
Strengthen power systems against climate and other risks to minimize damage to infrastructure, disruption of service, and economic loss.
A Greater Mekong Subregion study looks at a combination of risk retention, risk sharing, and risk transfer mechanisms in strengthening disaster resilience in rural areas.
High upfront costs and lack of incentives impede fuel efficiency initiatives in road freight in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
The Green Freight Initiative in the Greater Mekong Subregion is improving fuel efficiency and reducing costs and emissions of trucking companies.
Invest in economic sectors that are more likely to generate more productive jobs.
An Industrial Pollution Projection System (IPPS) has been used in the Greater Mekong Subregion to help countries identify current and future pollution risks.