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Transporting passengers and cargo over navigable rivers and canals reduces road and rail congestion, road crashes, pollution, emissions, and energy consumption.
The Sri Lanka Southern Transport Development Project offers lessons in implementing large infrastructure projects involving multiple development partners and affecting many people and communities.
In the Solomon Islands, the approach combined short-term actions with low potential for future regret with long-term options for future climate conditions.
Ganzhou’s ancient Fushougou system offers a model of integrated, nature-based flood management for modern communities.
WASH investments through piped water, improved drainage, and waste management can help curb water-related disease risks and boost climate resilience for refugees and host communities.
A project assessed the threats facing the Meghna River and worked with stakeholders in ensuring the sustainable supply of safe drinking water for the city.
Policy reforms critical to building resilience include revamping teacher training and improving quality, relevance, and inclusion in the education sector.
Governments must rethink and refine tax policy and administration measures to not only address development challenges but also to build back better.
Successful adaptation to older population age structures requires a policy focus on measuring and improving the social value of medical care.
Population aging threatens fiscal sustainability unless government takes steps to reduce elderly poverty and manage public spending on pensions and healthcare.