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A climate-resilient, participatory capacity-building program empowers local agencies and enhances water security in Nusantara, Indonesia.
Farmers are managing seasonal floods and droughts better, thanks to a modern irrigation system, flood-proof road, and disaster risk control measures.
A high poverty rate among older persons in the Republic of Korea calls for better pension services and welfare programs.
Myanmar is putting in place a national safeguards system to better balance rapid economic growth and environmental sustainability.
What is needed: Increased financing, reliable supplies of affordable and effective medicines, improved data from health information systems, stronger implementation of national malaria programs, and leadership that looks beyond the health sector.
Disbursing against results, rather than upfront expenditures, helps improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government-owned sector programs and promote good practices.
In the Philippines, an education nonprofit is improving program monitoring by removing data silos to increase the reliability and sharing of data.
To build a well-coordinated government assistance program, focus on communication and outreach, targeting, service delivery, and evaluation.
Nepal has made it easier to move goods across borders by updating customs software, constructing a new inland clearance depot, and rehabilitating border access roads.
The development of transportation infrastructure served as a linchpin of rapid economic growth in the Republic of Korea.