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A study examines how India can increase its trade and investments in the Greater Mekong Subregion by helping small and medium-size enterprises tap into this market.
Youth involvement can be improved in the areas of green jobs and green skills, climate advocacy, and Just Transition.
Lessons from Greater Mekong Subregion countries can help efforts to develop premium markets for Kazakhstan’s halal lamb meat and Mongolia’s camel wool.
Proven solutions include digitizing paperwork, integrating databases, using smart cards and digital payments, and transmitting emergency assistance via mobile phones.
Increasing investments in natural capital requires a proper accounting of its economic value for informed policy and decision-making.
Hue City in Viet Nam rolled out an action plan for urban development that targets environmental protection, improved livability, and new economic opportunities.
Entry points for interventions include increasing access to quality seeds and materials, enhancing value chains, and promoting best practices through regional projects.
Scaling up farm activities through sustainable mechanisms that improve conditions and incomes of smallholder farmers can alleviate rural poverty.
Increased road crashes linked to motorcycles call for improving policies on their use for public transport and logistics.
The Green Freight Initiative in the Greater Mekong Subregion is improving fuel efficiency and reducing costs and emissions of trucking companies.