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A study of nighttime luminosity in Sri Lanka shows an uptake of local economic activities in areas connected by a large-scale road project.
Proper monitoring and regulation of traditional medicine and its integration with western medicine can enhance the quality of health care response.
The region needs integrated and holistic policies to push an ambitious agenda that requires capital, innovation, and new business models and mindsets.
In Southeast Asia, big data can help transform the delivery of education, health care, and social welfare and protection services.
Plans, policies, projects, and partnerships should deliver concurrently on these imperatives: access to renewables, energy efficiency, and coal phaseout.
A comprehensive assessment of climate impacts helped tailor appropriate and impactful interventions in Huangshan city.
Policies should promote the growth and sustainability of social enterprises without making them dependent on state support.
The bilateral agreement offers deeper tariff liberalization than the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, yet both need better rules of origin.
A Korean research project finds the complex partial box girder method as an economically feasible alternative to steel box girders.
Increasing disaster risks in developing countries call for strategic planning and investments in resilient and low-carbon infrastructure.