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The development of transportation infrastructure served as a linchpin of rapid economic growth in the Republic of Korea.
A centralized platform that promotes data sharing and visibility can help improve an organization’s efficiency and impact.
Countries need to adopt new regulations and technologies to counter an estimated $66 million net welfare loss by 2040.
Strategies include a regulatory planning framework, area-based development, green infrastructure, and community engagement.
Experience from two projects shows digital tools for database management help ensure a fair and transparent process and efficient resource allocation.
Addressing weaknesses in procurement, contract and asset management, and financial management ensures better project management and implementation.
Bucking the digital trend, the appetite for cash is driven by such factors as opportunity cost, precautionary motives, aging, and demand from abroad.
Major reforms toward a market-based, open economy required extensive public communications to gain public support in the Republic of Korea.
The widespread loss of natural ecosystems and biodiversity is much more than a conservation issue; countless lives and livelihoods depend on them.
Well-designed and participatory eco-compensation schemes with proper technical assistance can help small farmers in some of the poorest and most ecologically sensitive areas in the People’s Republic of China.