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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.
Industrial corridor development delivers results when infrastructure, institutional capacity, and policy coordination evolve together.
Five critical reforms can bolster global health systems against pandemics, climate change, and emerging infectious disease threats.
Crowdsourcing can be an effective way to address pain points that limit MSMEs from getting financing.
Generative AI has the potential to improve community resilience with careful yet optimistic approach in promoting health interventions.
The minimum wage must ensure broad coverage, reflect workers' needs, align with economic conditions, and focus on low-income earners.
Sea level rise will hike coastal flood losses at least 12-fold by 2100. The benefits of adaptation outweigh the costs, providing returns at least 10 times the investments.
The government is strengthening its economic foundations and upscaling food and nutrition and climate-resilient social assistance to address the country’s food insecurity.
Tax reforms aimed at a 10% reduction in smoking prevalence could reduce the population of smokers by 38.7 million and prevent 11.6 million premature deaths.
Women were actively involved in developing the vision, plans and implementation of the local climate change projects.