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Refugees hosted near Pakistan frequently possess professional qualifications that are not recognized locally, forcing skilled individuals into informal or unrelated low-wage work.

Achieving self-sensing concrete reporting stress chloride and remaining life at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.

Achieving systems for verifying the absence of forced labor throughout complex global supply chains at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.

Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for pathways for achieving universal access to safe and affordable drinking water and sanitation are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic knowledge, high capital and operational barriers, and the absence of deployment models suited to the contexts of greatest need.

Achieving home-compostable polymers matching PET barrier performance at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.

Achieving affordable and durable solutions for household air pollution in biomass-dependent regions at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.

Small-scale fishers in Bangladesh often operate without formal recognition or access to credit, insurance, or market infrastructure, leaving them economically vulnerable and undercounted in fisheries policy.

Achieving methods for restoring the water quality and ecological function of urban rivers and lakes at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.

Achieving materials enabling efficient direct conversion of sunlight to liquid fuels at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.

Women in rural areas of Haiti often travel long distances for reproductive healthcare, and the shortage of trained providers leaves many without access to family planning or maternal care services.

Emergency relief supplies in Myanmar are typically mobilized only after a cyclone makes landfall, resulting in critical delays reaching affected communities in the first 72 hours.

Smallholder farmers in Romania lack affordable, low-evaporation water storage to bridge increasingly erratic rainy seasons, forcing crop failure during even short dry spells.

Achieving biotechnologies for engineering crops that require substantially less water and fertilizer at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.

Achieving solvent-free recovery of critical minerals from complex e-waste at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.

Achieving protocols for the rapid and equitable deployment of climate adaptation technologies at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.

Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for energy storage and conversion systems optimized for intermittent renewable microgrids are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic knowledge, high capital and operational barriers, and the absence of deployment models suited to the contexts of greatest need.

Achieving mechanisms ensuring that AI-driven productivity gains translate into broadly shared prosperity at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.

Biodiversity hotspots in Nigeria depend on short-term donor grants that rarely cover more than a few years, leaving conservation programs unable to plan or retain trained staff long-term.

Existing crop insurance schemes in Pakistan are financially unworkable for smallholder farmers due to high premiums, slow claims verification, and payout structures poorly matched to localized weather risk.

Achieving affordable and scalable solutions for the prevention and management of diabetes and hypertension at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.