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To ensure water security, Singapore has diversified water supply over the last five decades and actively promoted water conservation.
In its makeover of a public housing estate, Singapore focused on not only improving the physical infrastructure but also on creating more spaces for community bonding.
Policies should encourage private sector participation in building long-term patient capital to support innovative start-ups.
Managing household debt is becoming increasingly difficult for low-income households.
The GrEEEn Cities Initiative brings together policies, strategies, sector plans, regulations, financial incentives, technologies, governance institutions, civil society, and private sector interventions.
Strategic foresight tools can help policy makers adopt a more proactive approach to solving problems.
In the highly competitive Korean market, policy makers need to adjust performance indicators and incentives to encourage banks to increase technology financing.
A context-sensitive approach in Myanmar is helping to avoid negative impacts and maximize positive results of development projects and programs.
Government can partner with telcos and educators and use multiple channels of existing infrastructure to reach as many children as possible.
Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.