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Experts endorse 10 principles for risk mitigation, which include evacuation plans for medical and quarantine facilities and areas under lockdown.
Proven solutions include digitizing paperwork, integrating databases, using smart cards and digital payments, and transmitting emergency assistance via mobile phones.
A project assessed the threats facing the Meghna River and worked with stakeholders in ensuring the sustainable supply of safe drinking water for the city.
Invest in preparedness and establish a shock-responsive social protection system to weather future shocks and reap dividends from resilience.
Early and strong action mitigates health impact, while recovery measures focus on the long term.
There is a need for globally coordinated standards and principles that allow room for countries to adapt their policies.
Bucking the digital trend, the appetite for cash is driven by such factors as opportunity cost, precautionary motives, aging, and demand from abroad.
COP14 resolutions reinforce ADB’s mandate to support DMCs in meeting their obligations through strengthened safeguards.
The secondary education sector can benefit from government support for private schools and vocational schools.
Youth involvement can be improved in the areas of green jobs and green skills, climate advocacy, and Just Transition.