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Grant 0497-CAM: Second Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project - Additional Financing

1 December 2020
This projects focuses on innovative and affordable sanitation solutions for water-based communities and sustainable approach for FSM in landbased communities.

PRC: Interim Regulations of the People's Republic of China Concerning the Assignment and Transfer of the Right to the Use of the State-owned Land in the Urban Areas

29 November 2020
These Regulations are formulated in order to reform the system of using the State-ownedland in the urban areas, rationally develop, utilize and manage the land, strengthen land administrationand promote urban construction and economic development.

World Health Organization Perspective and Lessons Learned from Countries

23 November 2020
Check out some lessons learned from WHO in implementing air quality management effforts in countries in Southeast Asia.

Accelerating Green Finance for Post COVID-19 Recovery in Southeast Asia

19 November 2020
This presentation discusses innovative green finance mechanisms that leverage public funds to catalyze private capital in accelerating green recovery strategies. COVID-19 will have severe negative impact on most SDGs and in order not to reverse the gains made in past years, it is critical to…

Webinar on Improved Decision-Making for Water Security Using Water Accounting

19 November 2020
Elga Salvadore gave an overview of Water Accounting Plus (WA+) methodology, and provided examples on how water accounting can be used in decision-making.

Municipal plastic waste and economic loss

18 November 2020
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[VIDEO] Microfinance Can Raise Incomes: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in China

17 November 2020
This study investigates the impacts of a government-led microcredit program in China which implemented at scale in its poor rural areas with a randomized controlled trial (RCT). In contrast to recent RCT-based studies that have failed to find evidence of significant increases in income from…

[VIDEO] A Bit of Salt, A Trace of Life: Gender Norms and The Impact of a Salt Iodization Program on Human Capital Formation of School Aged Children

17 November 2020
This paper examines the effects of a massive salt iodization program on human capital formation of schoolaged children in China. Exploiting province and time variation, we find a strong positive impact on cognition for girls and no effects for boys. For non-cognitive skills, we find the opposite…

The ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility

11 November 2020
The ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility (ACGF) is an innovative financing initiative designed to scale up the development of green infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia.

The Hidden Pandemic: Addressing the Differential Impacts of COVID-19 on Women, Men and Other Vulnerable Groups in Southeast Asia

10 November 2020
This presentation discusses the differential impact of COVID-19 upon women and other vulnerable groups, lessons learned from past experiences, and opportunities for future programming. Increased participation of women and vulnerable groups in COVID decison-making processes, access to information,…