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On Indonesia’s remote Sumba Island, poorer households can pay for solar home systems with goods or services instead of cash.
In Nepal, a participatory and consensus-based approach proved critical in changing people’s ‘not in my backyard’ attitude toward a municipal project.
Paving roads with fiber-reinforced asphalt mixture and using a pothole detection technology can help keep roads safe and pothole free.
Solutions include lowering statutory maximum lending rates, expanding policy financing and mid-rate loans, increasing loans and loan guarantees.
In Bangladesh, access and use of high-quality primary health care facilities are being improved, particularly for women and girls.
A financing scheme using Internet of Things gives tricycle drivers access to credit without collateral and promotes discipline in loan repayments.
Public spaces help revitalize a city’s environment, culture, tourism, and economy.
Chronic respiratory disease screening and management through digital spirometry can improve lung health outcomes in Asia and the Pacific.
An index that measures the degree of regional integration in Central Asia will help identify policy gaps and measures to enhance economic cooperation.
Efforts focused on revegetation, grazing ban, hydrological connection, and community engagement to restore the wetland ecosystems, boost carbon sequestration, and improve livelihood.