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Combining market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services and conditional social transfers, alleviate poverty while conserving ecosystems.
A smart management system can improve supply and lower cost with its efficient detection and management of water leaks and overflow.
Government support, good governance, and resolute leadership helped Nepal Electricity Authority achieve profitability.
Increased availability of data and computing power have made it possible to set parameters beforehand that will trigger insurance coverage for a variety of risks.
It is necessary to redesign private pension management fee schemes so companies have incentives to compete and develop better products.
A project restores degraded lands, improves climate resilience of landscape ecosystems, and promotes green development in the western regions.
Shaded rest, clean water, and cooling systems safeguard workers from extreme heat while boosting productivity.
Scaling up farm activities through sustainable mechanisms that improve conditions and incomes of smallholder farmers can alleviate rural poverty.
Tajikistan combined irrigation system repairs with agriculture policy reforms to increase food security and farm productivity.
The World Food Programme uses cash transfers not just to feed the hungry but also to give people purchasing power to buy locally, helping to boost economies.