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Taking a risk-management approach to large-scale projects involves investing in project preparation and attending to stakeholders’ concerns early, such as land and resettlement issues.
Strong governance is essential to achieving climate goals, mobilizing resources, and accelerating climate-resilient development.
A project in Georgia shows how cities can take practical steps to improve inclusive mobility and access to transport services.
Explore equity, quasi-equity, and other non-debt assistance and structural reforms to protect small businesses from COVID-19 and other shocks.
Experience from a hydropower project in Pakistan shows how construction workers’ welfare, which is usually overlooked, can be served better.
An integrated, green, and people-centric urban development strategy can help make cities inclusive and sustainable.
Investments should seek to strengthen women’s capacities to anticipate, absorb, and adapt to the impacts of natural hazards and climate change and contribute to sustainable development.
A market-based approach for reducing air pollution offers countries in the region great potential for flexibility and innovation.
Using resource-saving technology, new rice varieties, and intercropping of vegetables improve yields and income in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal.
A coordinated policy approach toward improving market efficiency, education outcomes, and infrastructure will enable the highest possible growth.