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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A woman carries firewwood in Malawi.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The Prime Minister at the the Nari Shakti Vandan Sammelan at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Urban infrastructure does not function in silos. Transport depends on land use, water systems depend on energy, and digital networks depend on both. Yet planning is often fragmented across ministries, sectors and international partners.]]></image:caption>
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