Poverty and inequality in Maldives 2022
In the past two decades, Maldives has achieved remarkable economic progress and reductions in poverty. However, the country faces high exposure to global risks including an . existential threat of rising
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Climate risk country profile: Maldives
This publication comprehensively synthesizes climate characteristics and projections, vulnerability to natural hazards, sectoral climate change impacts, and adaptation priorities in Maldives. It outlines
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Climate risk country profile: Maldives
This publication comprehensively synthesizes climate characteristics and projections, vulnerability to natural hazards, sectoral climate change impacts, and adaptation priorities in Maldives. It outlines
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A brighter future for Maldives powered by renewables: road map for the energy sector 2020–2030
This publication serves as a guide for Maldives’ energy transition—from being powered by costly and polluting fossil fuels to being sustained by clean and efficient renewable energy sources. Maldives has
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Asian Development Outlook 2020 Update: Wellness In Worrying Times
<p>As the pandemic persists, developing Asia is projected to contract by 0.7% in 2020—the first regional GDP contraction since the early 1960s. Developing Asia excluding the newly industrialized
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Maldives' National Action Plan on Air Pollutants
The Maldives’ National Action Plan on Air Pollutants is an integrated appraoch to reducing both air pollution and climate forcers. The Maldives’ Ministry of Environment has developed, compiled and quantified
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Kudadhoo Private Island resort becomes the first to be fully solar powered
Kudadhoo Private Island Resort has become the first resort in Maldives to be fully solar powered. The resort is powered by the solar panels installed on the roofs of the two main water bungalows of
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Status and drivers of maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in the Islamic world: a comparative analysis
The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) period saw dramatic gains in health goals MDG 4 and MDG 5 for improving child and maternal health. However, many Muslim countries in the south Asian, Middle Eastern,
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Deployment of hybrid renewable energy systems in minigrids
Despite significant economic growth in Asia in recent decades, millions of people in rural Asia still lack access to electricity. In response, the Asian Development Bank is working to foster universal
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Improving lives of rural communities through developing small hybrid renewable energy systems
Despite significant economic growth in Asia in recent decades, millions of people in rural Asia still lack access to electricity. A project has been implemented to develop small hybrid renewable energy