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Preventing and controlling the spread of deadly diseases from animals to humans require a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach.
In Mongolia, project procurement-related reviews helped safeguard a health project from corruption, fraud, and other integrity risks.
Turkmenistan is adopting international food safety standards to safeguard public health and to boost the trade of agro-food products.
Close cooperation between civil groups and authorities is needed to make the streets more walkable and safe for pedestrians.
The Asian Development Bank examines prospects to ramp up efforts for greater utilization of demand-side energy efficiency in Asia and the Pacific.
Nepal is starting to modernize its electric grid by implementing smart meters.
The Asian Development Bank has revised its guidelines for project economic analysis, which help ensure investment decisions are based on economic and efficiency considerations.
Sustainable energy is about more than renewables. Challenges will remain in financing and maintaining energy systems, even after the clean-energy transition is complete.
High upfront costs and lack of incentives impede fuel efficiency initiatives in road freight in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
Increasing investments in natural capital requires a proper accounting of its economic value for informed policy and decision-making.