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A study found that the proposed exchange should focus on electricity and emissions before adding agricultural products to the mix.
Mobile apps enable farmers, including women smallholders, to modernize and diversify their production and transact with suppliers and buyers directly.
While remittances from migrant workers continue to increase, they can only fuel economic growth if they enter the formal financial system and be channeled into productive investments.
The Clean Air Scorecard Tool helped the most polluted cities to identify gaps in air quality management and introduce measures to rectify them.
Understanding how plastics move through river basins helps governments identify pollution hotspots and prioritize interventions.
Reducing informality requires helping workers and firms move into more productive activities through skills, technology, and firm upgrading.
Financial readiness and pre-arranged support reduce delays, protect budgets, and enable faster, more efficient rebuilding.
Low-income households were moved from at-risk areas near rail tracks to safe, inclusive housing—pioneering transparent, climate-resilient urban resettlement in Sri Lanka.
A phased investment plan strengthens infrastructure, integrates digital tools, and builds technical capacity.
A new diagnostic tool can strengthen public institutions, where services are delivered and where corruption and inefficiency often emerge.