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The pandemic exposed gaps in food systems that call for integrating healthy diets with sustainable resource management and public health.
Create an enabling environment with strong policies, institutions, and financial systems that support solutions that can adapt to changing needs.
In Afghanistan, river basin managers work with farmers in ensuring equitable and sustainable irrigation practices to improve yields and livelihoods.
A financing scheme using Internet of Things gives tricycle drivers access to credit without collateral and promotes discipline in loan repayments.
Machine learning and satellite imagery can provide data needed by governments for effective property tax management more quickly and efficiently.
Promoting national digital ID systems, interoperable systems, and cloud-based infrastructures can make digital financial services more efficient.
The Asian Development Bank has revised its guidelines for project economic analysis, which help ensure investment decisions are based on economic and efficiency considerations.
Singapore’s limited land availability did not prevent the National Parks Board from providing open recreational spaces through its Park Connector Network, which converts underused spaces along existing infrastructure into green public spaces that create a sense of openness and livability.
Solutions include lowering statutory maximum lending rates, expanding policy financing and mid-rate loans, increasing loans and loan guarantees.
Soil stabilizers can cut the costs, and improve the quality, of rural roads in Southeast Asia.