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Taking a risk-management approach to large-scale projects involves investing in project preparation and attending to stakeholders’ concerns early, such as land and resettlement issues.
A package of economic, social, legal, and institutional measures helps provide equal opportunity to minority and low-caste women in Nepal.
Myanmar’s second largest city tackles the challenges of improving and privatizing waste management.
A town in northeastern Thailand studies the viability of converting waste to energy to improve waste disposal.
A town in northeast Thailand looks into the feasibility of a design-build-operate scheme for developing a controlled landfill site.
One of the most populous cities in the Philippines examines ways to make its waste collection system financially sustainable.
Sorsogon City in the Philippines is investigating options for upgrading its open dumpsites to a properly managed landfill.
To avoid large economic losses from climate change, Southeast Asia can lead the way in global climate action by shifting towards a low-carbon economy.
At-risk municipalities in the Philippines take the green growth path by building climate change-resilient ecotowns.
The Southville 7 community in the Philippines shows how different sectors of society worked successfully together to turn a basic housing project into a livable community for 5,000 resettled families.