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A livelihood project sets up night markets in border towns of the Greater Mekong Subregion and provides microfinance support to vendors.
Pseudo-panel methods using repeated cross-sectional surveys, which are less costly and easier to do, may offer a solution to this problem.
Replacing an old barrage with advanced technology vastly improved water and flood control, connectivity, and access to essential social services.
The Republic of Korea’s shift to an information and communication technology-based education system provides useful lessons for other countries looking to make similar changes.
In the People's Republic of China, Yichang city is building a sustainable urban transport system with a bus rapid transit corridor as its backbone.
In Nepal, a participatory and consensus-based approach proved critical in changing people’s ‘not in my backyard’ attitude toward a municipal project.
Boarding facilities and pilot innovations boost enrolment and retention of girls and ethnic minorities in lower secondary schools in Viet Nam.
The pandemic exposed gaps in food systems that call for integrating healthy diets with sustainable resource management and public health.
A project in Bangladesh used behavior change communication as a large-scale health care intervention to help women and poor households access health care.
Proven solutions include digitizing paperwork, integrating databases, using smart cards and digital payments, and transmitting emergency assistance via mobile phones.