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Urban cooling with nature-based solutions requires integrated planning, equitable access, community input, and local adaptation for fair, effective results.
Financial resource mobilization by the Malaria Trust Fund has helped eradicate malaria and build strong foundations for health systems in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
Increasing investments in natural capital requires a proper accounting of its economic value for informed policy and decision-making.
Southeast Asia’s digital transformation is underway but the region still faces barriers to growing its digital economy.
Blockchain is transforming financial transactions—with far-reaching implications for the unbanked.
Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.
Analysis of geographically granular data is essential to identify vulnerable areas and optimize resource distribution.
International exchange of information curbs the outflow of resources from tax evasion.
IAEA is partnering with a number of countries in Asia and the Pacific to transform plastic waste into valuable materials through the use of radiation technology.
Leverage machine learning and satellite imagery for informed resource allocation to enhance road quality and address development challenges.