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Policy Brief

Social Protection Interventions as Medium- and Long-Term Responses to the Pandemic

Invest in preparedness and establish a shock-responsive social protection system to weather future shocks and reap dividends from resilience.

   Regional cooperation and integration, Social development and protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Policy Brief

Information and Communications Technology: Here Is How It Can Help the Poor

Proven solutions include digitizing paperwork, integrating databases, using smart cards and digital payments, and transmitting emergency assistance via mobile phones. 

   Information and communications technology, Poverty, Social development and protection
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Insight

Harnessing Administrative Data for Evidence-Based Labor Policy Making

Crises like a pandemic underscore the importance of alternative sources of high-quality and timely data in developing effective measures.

   Economics, Social development and protection
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Insight

Letting Nature Regrow Is the World’s Best Hope for a Healthy Future

Protecting ecosystems is real development, and it has an amazing return on investment.

   Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land
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Using a Fee-Based System to Reduce Waste

A “polluters pay” policy helps Seoul reduce household waste going to the landfill by 90% and waste generated by the city by 40%.

   Korea, Republic of; Environment, Urban development
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production