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A study of four Southeast Asian markets examines how digital financial solutions can play a key role in closing gaps in financial inclusion.
A town in northeast Thailand looks into the feasibility of a design-build-operate scheme for developing a controlled landfill site.
Replacing an old barrage with advanced technology vastly improved water and flood control, connectivity, and access to essential social services.
In urban areas in the Lao PDR, decentralized solutions prove to be a low-maintenance and environment-friendly way to ensure clean water and sanitation.
Data integration and analytics, cloud-based staff management, and e-learning can serve as building blocks for modernizing the civil service system.
A pilot project in the Philippines gives livelihood support and coaching to poor households, which helped them cope better with the COVID-19 crisis.
Contractual arrangements for PPP infrastructure procurement must be improved.
Large-scale and youth-targeted government policies can mitigate the short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on youth employment in Asia.
A data-driven “smart” system can help water utilities to reduce losses from unaccounted-for-water more efficiently and improve service delivery.
An arsenal of digital tools, such as geofencing, location sharing, and 3D printing, is helping fight the spread of the coronavirus.