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Contingency finance is a risk retention approach for addressing loss and damage associated with climate change impacts.
The People's Republic of China is experimenting with incentive-based mechanisms to resolve challenges in managing its trans-provincial watersheds.
In Thailand, subsidies, housing grants, educational programs and the leveraging of economies of scale are being used to benefit poor urban dwellers.
Asia may have survived the 2008 global economic crisis, but it’s not out of the woods yet. Here are five things the region’s financial systems must address to withstand the next big shock.
Regulatory and financial innovations can ensure that microfinance benefits those who need them most.
Strengthening the environmental policy framework can lead to comprehensive and inclusive efforts to address air pollution.
At-risk municipalities in the Philippines take the green growth path by building climate change-resilient ecotowns.
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) shifted the focus to learning from schooling and helped design pedagogy to address learning gaps.
In the People’s Republic of China, a leasing program is helping reduce pollution by putting more low-cost, efficient, and clean buses on the road.
The pandemic is an opportunity for the country to push for longer-term structural reforms.