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Blockchain is transforming financial transactions—with far-reaching implications for the unbanked.
Scale up local-level adaptation by integrating climate adaptation considerations into decentralized governance processes and resources.
The new U.S. policy of forging bilateral trade pacts instead of multi-country deals will have wide-ranging impacts.
The COVID-19 pandemic shows the importance of real-time learning in adapting interventions to an uncertain and rapidly changing situation.
Microfinance anchored on civil society organizations is a promising model in banking the unbanked.
Collaborations can bridge infrastructure deficits as well as support transformational development and enhance urban livability in many ways.
Timor-Leste can improve its business environment by focusing on investment promotion efforts, strengthening investment facilitation, and using a more problem-driven approach.
Carbon taxes and emission trading systems can help countries mobilize fiscal resources while enabling green economic recovery from COVID-19.
Mobile apps enable farmers, including women smallholders, to modernize and diversify their production and transact with suppliers and buyers directly.
Urban cooling with nature-based solutions requires integrated planning, equitable access, community input, and local adaptation for fair, effective results.