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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.
Effective project design and community engagement helped the Peoples' Republic of China overcome the challenges in building the Dali-Lijiang Railway.
In the Philippines, an education nonprofit is improving program monitoring by removing data silos to increase the reliability and sharing of data.
Transporting passengers and cargo over navigable rivers and canals reduces road and rail congestion, road crashes, pollution, emissions, and energy consumption.
Hue City in Viet Nam rolled out an action plan for urban development that targets environmental protection, improved livability, and new economic opportunities.
Significant reforms are needed to improve indirect investment vehicles in real estate in the Republic of Korea.
Proven solutions include digitizing paperwork, integrating databases, using smart cards and digital payments, and transmitting emergency assistance via mobile phones.
Online learning initiatives fill the gap left by school and business closures and show the way forward after COVID-19.
Rehabilitating natural systems with green infrastructure is key to building sustainability and resilience to climate change in urban areas.
The experience of a water utility in Manila shows that dividing a large network into smaller zones improves leak detection and distribution efficiency.