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Population aging threatens fiscal sustainability unless government takes steps to reduce elderly poverty and manage public spending on pensions and healthcare.
There is a blueprint to overcoming the barriers that limit women's participation in the formal economy.
The effect of COVID-19 school closures on students and their future calls for digital systems that ensure learning continues even in a disaster.
Timor-Leste can improve its business environment by focusing on investment promotion efforts, strengthening investment facilitation, and using a more problem-driven approach.
Injecting carbon dioxide into mature oil fields can boost production and store this climate-warming gas underground permanently.
Faced with periods of drought, Seosan City in the Republic of Korea uses smart technologies to manage limited water resources and reduce leakages.
Accessible funds for the industry sector accelerated investments in energy efficiency and enhanced institutional capacities.
In Pakistan, a multi-donor fund was set up to help finance priority investments in disaster risk management.
Singapore’s limited land availability did not prevent the National Parks Board from providing open recreational spaces through its Park Connector Network, which converts underused spaces along existing infrastructure into green public spaces that create a sense of openness and livability.
Singapore built an offshore landfill on Pulau Semakau primarily for waste management, but it also ensured that marine life would thrive and it could serve as a public park.