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Social protection spending and coverage are increasing, yet some countries continue to favor the nonpoor over the poor, and men over women.

Digital tax administration reform requires more than technology: a sound operating model, strong data management, and staff and taxpayer readiness.

Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.

Empowering women as leaders and innovators can make resilience projects using inclusive smart urban water infrastructure solutions more impactful.

Debt-for-climate-and-nature swaps provide Sri Lanka with a practical solution to ease debt, combat climate change, and protect biodiversity.

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.

In Bangladesh, a project is underway to expand the installation of smart prepaid gas meters and establish a smart metering data management system.

Less developed countries can take advantage of increased talent flows in the region in expanding their “brain network.”

Promote remote processing of cargo clearances and modernize border facilities to improve intraregional trade in BIMSTEC.

Policies should promote the growth and sustainability of social enterprises without making them dependent on state support.