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The global minimum tax is reshaping investment incentives, requiring countries to redesign policies to protect revenue and support sustainable investment.
As energy prices surge, air quality solutions that make hospitals safer and more efficient can be the best option for governments and patients.
Targeted financing, regional pooling, and digital solutions can expand access to essential health services across dispersed island populations.
Define large businesses, implement comprehensive management of compliance risk, increase public accountability, and improve perceptions of fairness.
Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.
Easing the pension burden in Sri Lanka demands structural reforms and a transition to a contributory model.
Experience from other countries shows online business registries are transparent and easy to use, encouraging enterprises to formalize their business.
Long-term policy framework, regulatory alignment, and smart infrastructure may unlock the region’s digital trade potential.
Creating a mortgage refinancing company was critical to building a stable residential housing market.
Generative AI has the potential to improve community resilience with careful yet optimistic approach in promoting health interventions.