Harbin (pop. 10.6 million) and Mudanjiang, a smaller city (pop. 2.8 million) bordering Russia, share common transportation problems of growing cities in China. With inadequate capacity and an aging bus...
Turkey has considerable renewable energy potential. However, substantial public and private investment is needed to fully exploit this resource. Securing sufficient and reliable energy to a growing economy...
Remote areas of China’s Northeast, like Jiamusi and the capital city of Harbin in Heilongjiang Province have lagged behind the remarkable economic and social development of coastal regions. The existing...
The project aims to assist selected districts in Ningbo municipality to increase the volume and proportion of municipal solid waste recycled with processes for waste separation at source and recycling...
Poor sanitation facilities can have a debilitating impact on communities, prompting poor public health, and limiting the potential of economic growth. Two of the four most important causes of under-five...
Kazakhstan has a population of seventeen million. The country benefits from substantial oil reserves but the government seeks to diversify its development strategy based on non-oil sources. The country...
Panama’s inequalities are reflected in the poor’s unequal access to water supply and sanitation services (WSS). The WSS sector’s legal framework is relatively well defined but it has not been effective...
Energy efficiency and renewable energy are central in China's push to reduce the carbon footprint of its economy. The sunshine schools project will increase the share of clean energy in electricity consumption...
Brazil faces crucial water resource challenges related to scarcity, pollution in urban conurbations that do not have adequate wastewater collection and treatment services and recurrent droughts and floods...
Belize is a small country (pop. 330,000) bordering Mexico and Guatemala. In recent years, poverty has increased due to a stagnating economy and the impact of frequent hurricanes and tropical storms. Climate...
Swaziland (population 1.2 million) has the highest prevalence of HIV in the world –it affects 26 percent of the sexually active population. Tuberculosis (TB) has become a major public health problem. The...
The government of China has made food safety a top priority in recent years and is taking clear actions to upgrade their food safety system. It passed the Law on Agricultural Product Quality and Safety...
The State of Sao Paulo accounts for 33 percent of Brazil’s total GDP; its 41 million inhabitants have the highest per capital income in the country. Yet, the state still faces excessive economic concentration...
Historically, over several decades following Independence, progress in agriculture has been a major driver of Indonesia's impressive economic growth and reduction in poverty. In spite of rapid urbanization...
In recent years, the country’s demand for power has risen so dramatically that supply can’t keep up. Load shedding has caused widespread blackouts that reached peak levels in 2011 when power cuts occurred...
The Diannan area (Southern Yunnan province), in the western provinces, is expected to become a regional hub of logistics, tourism, energy, and trade connecting the South Asian and Southeast Asian countries...
Agriculture in Albania is economically important, contributing 21 percent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and accounting for 58 percent of employment in the country. Although Albania is favored by water...
While Armenia has made progress in achieving nearly universal enrollment in primary and middle school, pre-school enrollment (for children ages 3-6) is currently only sixty five percent. In addition, improvements...
China is experiencing rapid urbanization, with projected 300 million people migrating to urban areas over the next 20 years. As a result, energy use in buildings is projected to triple by 2030 contributing...
Urbanization and urban sprawl in China have been accompanied by changes in the overall travel patterns of urban residents. Cities have rapidly spread as a result of increased real estate costs, incentives...