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Adjust the tax rate in response to inflation and income growth to sustain its potency in discouraging sugar-sweetened beverages consumption.
Strengthening the capacity of the new lake authority was a critical success factor in implementing an integrated lake basin management project.
Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.
The 2024 ProFIT Survey highlights the need to simplify business registration, expand SME financing, and align skills training with market demand.
Innovative fiscal policies aim to tackle noncommunicable diseases while unlocking new sources of sustainable public financing.
Sri Lanka’s Aswesuma program can better support the vulnerable by refining targeting, improving data, and aligning aid with poverty reduction.
Effective plastic waste management in Southeast Asia depends on strong data governance frameworks that are practical, inclusive, and enforceable.
Strategies include a regulatory planning framework, area-based development, green infrastructure, and community engagement.
Challenges include creating an enabling environment, national and sectoral planning, multiyear assessment of fiscal risks, and gaps in project preparation.
Public spaces help revitalize a city’s environment, culture, tourism, and economy.