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Long-term policy framework, regulatory alignment, and smart infrastructure may unlock the region’s digital trade potential.
Transport emissions are the shared outcome of global production and consumption—demanding accountability across sectors and regions.
Feasibility assessments, demand forecasting, and direct public investments in manufacturing facilities support sustainable vaccine manufacturing.
Performance-based funding improved urban governance and quality of infrastructure and services, and promoted women’s empowerment.
Strong governance is essential to achieving climate goals, mobilizing resources, and accelerating climate-resilient development.
Investing in energy transition may enable the textile sector to access markets that require lower-carbon supply chains.
Implement supportive policies, encourage merchant adoption, and integrate digital payments into public services.
How to make it work: skills training, civic engagement and forums that help young people become active in society.
Innovative and sustained support for Grameen-style lending expanded financial services for underserved groups, including women.
Statisticians use satellite images of Earth’s night lights to measure social and economic activity.