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Viet Nam Is Funding Trade Corridors as Climate and Livelihood Infrastructure
Three World Bank approvals connect a port city's roads and drainage, climate-resilient highways in the Mekong Delta and modernized fishing ports. Together they show Viet Nam treating connectivity as a chain from urban logistics to coastal livelihoods.
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Mark and Focus Monthly · September 2026
The Rules of Delivery
Five apparently unrelated decisions reveal how governments and institutions are changing the way policy commitments become operating results.
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Australia Is Regulating Home-Energy Devices Across Their Working Lives
Australia's new national framework treats rooftop-solar inverters, home batteries and electric-vehicle chargers as grid equipment with continuing obligations.
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Jiangsu Is Building One Safety Loop Around the City’s Hidden Infrastructure
Jiangsu's new urban-infrastructure rules combine asset surveys, risk assessment, sensors, shared data, warnings and departmental duties.
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Europe’s Procurement Rewrite Moves Public Buying Onto a Shared Data Layer
The European Commission has proposed replacing three core procurement directives with one directly applicable regulation.
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Brazil’s REDATA Turns Tax Relief Into a Compute-Resource Bargain
Brazil's new data center regime does more than suspend taxes.
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Recycled Water Stations Expand Access to Fit-for-Purpose Supply
SA Water's smart recycled water stations connect approved users with high-volume, automated non-potable supply.
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Doñana’s Next Nature-Based Test Is Whether Farmers Can Use the Rules
Spain is designing non-competitive grants for agricultural practices and nature-based solutions, beginning with €8.5 million around Doñana.
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