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An evaluation of possible project impacts helps preserve culturally and environmentally important sites and protect nearby communities.
Policy makers must improve labor market conditions and reduce employment uncertainties as part of their economic stimulus plans.
Market-based instruments offer effective and innovative solutions for reducing water pollution and promoting efficient water use.
Microfinance anchored on civil society organizations is a promising model in banking the unbanked.
Despite a lack of domestic energy resources, the Republic of Korea has become one of the largest economies in the world.
In Seoul, commuters use a smart card to pay for travel on any mode of public transport.
Mobile remittances offer a way to provide unbanked populations with affordable, secure, and accessible financial services.
Mobilizing private capital for the water sector requires a strong regulatory environment, sound risk management, and financial sustainability.
Southeast Asia’s digital transformation is underway but the region still faces barriers to growing its digital economy.
With foreign aid assistance, the mobilization of nongovernment organizations, the community, and other key stakeholders, the government of the Republic of Korea was able to implement policies for a successful country-wide reforestation program.