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There are many proven ways to protect people and assets from extreme weather, and such measures often prevent economic losses worth many times their cost. But ensuring their implementation requires making them more affordable and creating innovative revenue mechanisms and financing structures.
Bandar-bandar
AI can help governments help citizens
In developing economies, the AI debate has focused less on frontier risk and more on how to ensure that the technology actually serves people. That will require not only designing AI tools to work within government, but also investing in the state capacity required to put the technology to use.
Cities worldwide are sinking as groundwater extraction and rapid development drive land subsidence – but stark differences within cities are exposing some communities to far greater flood risks.
Polisi & Kewangan
Does inclusive finance really need stablecoins?
Today, 1.3 billion adults, mostly women, remain outside the formal financial system, while lower-income consumers struggle to access suitable financial services. Despite the hype, stablecoins are not the best solution to either problem.
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5 Oktober 2026
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Climate resilience starts with care
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Warming Himalayas: Nepal’s climate justice test
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A workable social contract for the climate transition
Karbon & Cuaca
Who is responsible for Nepal’s tragedy?
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To end global hunger, invest in rural communities
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Bandar-bandar
Delhi’s EV policy changes the engine, not the system
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Decolonising economics means questioning where its ideas came from
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Why Asia must fight for global tax justice at the UN
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Taking women farmers seriously
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