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A financial instrument to help governments finance disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction without over-stressing their fiscal budgets

Various financial schemes have been developed to cover some of the risks of loss and damage associated with climate change impacts.

Japanese firms share best practices and technology in live wire maintenance with Electricity of Viet Nam to improve electric power distribution.

Soil stabilizers can cut the costs, and improve the quality, of rural roads in Southeast Asia.

The People’s Republic of China’s efforts to integrate natural capital accounting into its national policy development process may encourage mainstreaming of the practice in other parts of the world. 

A preliminary study in Sri Lanka provides important insights into mechanistic-empirical pavement thickness and overlay design for roadway networks.

Combining market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services and conditional social transfers, alleviate poverty while conserving ecosystems.

Well-designed and participatory eco-compensation schemes with proper technical assistance can help small farmers in some of the poorest and most ecologically sensitive areas in the People’s Republic of China.

Brazil’s Bolsa Floresta encourages beneficiary communities to engage in productive economic activities that do not increase deforestation.

To strengthen its skills base, the Philippines complemented basic education reforms with Germany’s system of dual vocational training.