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Adopt a full lifecycle approach to plastic management, backed by strong enforcement and circular economy solutions.
Stronger institutions and policies can help broaden the coverage and benefits of social protection spending.
Social protection spending and coverage are increasing, yet some countries continue to favor the nonpoor over the poor, and men over women.
Proven solutions include digitizing paperwork, integrating databases, using smart cards and digital payments, and transmitting emergency assistance via mobile phones.
To build a well-coordinated government assistance program, focus on communication and outreach, targeting, service delivery, and evaluation.
A study looks at how countries can mobilize sustainable financing to reduce vulnerability among the poor and provide them access to social protection schemes.
Sri Lanka’s Aswesuma program can better support the vulnerable by refining targeting, improving data, and aligning aid with poverty reduction.
Sri Lanka is transforming its education system to take its economy to the next level.
The country’s first large-scale wind farm sets the groundwork for sustainable renewable energy investment and deployment.
Debt-for-climate-and-nature swaps provide Sri Lanka with a practical solution to ease debt, combat climate change, and protect biodiversity.