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Systematic and sustainable urban development will help support Georgia’s national strategy for unlocking its full growth potential through urban planning and balanced regional development.
Combining market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services and conditional social transfers, alleviate poverty while conserving ecosystems.
After a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in 2011, communities in Higashi Matsushima City led recovery efforts and built a smart city.
Investments include water conservation, ecosystem rehabilitation, disaster prevention, and green growth capacity development.
Armenia’s leaders put in place prudent fiscal and monetary policies that resulted in strong economic growth.
How to make it work: skills training, civic engagement and forums that help young people become active in society.
Seoul established a quasi-public bus system, restructured routes, created median lanes, built transfer centers, and integrated its fare system to improve service.
In Bangladesh, access and use of high-quality primary health care facilities are being improved, particularly for women and girls.
The pandemic opens an opportunity to reset CAREC’s aviation industry through green lanes and domestic tourism, among others.
An award-winning project in Bhutan seeks 100% rural electrification and revenue from energy exports using clean energy from hydropower resources.