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Design a framework that minimizes extra-contractual renegotiations and upholds prudence and transparency.
Experience shows affordability, adoptability, and community support are critical for catalyzing digitalization efforts in the water sector.
Lessons from Indonesia show young entrepreneurs need mentorship and training, business services and facilities, and post-incubation assistance.
Introduce interventions that address childcare issues and employment segregation.
Digital financial services like mobile money can reduce transfer prices and improve transparency, efficiency, and access.
The effect of COVID-19 school closures on students and their future calls for digital systems that ensure learning continues even in a disaster.
Gender-targeted strategies are needed to improve health care for women under India’s universal medical insurance program.
Challenges include creating an enabling environment, national and sectoral planning, multiyear assessment of fiscal risks, and gaps in project preparation.
Accelerating universal access to water and sanitation is critical to preventing and managing future health crises.
Successful adaptation to older population age structures requires a policy focus on measuring and improving the social value of medical care.