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Urban planners in Seoul shifted from paper-based processes to a computerized system to improve information sharing and decision-making.
How to make it work: skills training, civic engagement and forums that help young people become active in society.
A study of four Southeast Asian markets examines how digital financial solutions can play a key role in closing gaps in financial inclusion.
Experience shows affordability, adoptability, and community support are critical for catalyzing digitalization efforts in the water sector.
Strengthen regional initiatives by harnessing advances in technology, promoting cross-border technology transfer, and harmonizing policies and standards.
Digital financial services like mobile money can reduce transfer prices and improve transparency, efficiency, and access.
A project restores degraded lands, improves climate resilience of landscape ecosystems, and promotes green development in the western regions.
Green finance can provide the fiscal firepower to manage the impact of the crisis and steer economies toward resource-efficient and low-carbon growth.
Legislative and regulatory reforms are crucial to shifting toward a seamless, harmonized, and paper-less trade system.
Activating theme-based, cross-border circuits can help BIMSTEC tourism recover from the impacts of COVID-19.