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.

The Yangtze River Protection Law sets a precedent for legislating policies that support the sustainable development and management of rivers.

Lessons from the Republic of Korea’s basic skills guarantee policy show how adaptive testing and guidance can ensure learning continuity amid COVID-19.

In Kazakhstan, infection among workers at a road upgrading project was avoided because good occupational safety and health measures were in place.  

Governments must rethink and refine tax policy and administration measures to not only address development challenges but also to build back better.

Growing imbalances across regions call for localized development strategies as the country moves toward economic diversification.

An urban housing project in India is using carefully sequenced interventions to help climate-vulnerable households relocate to safe areas and sustainably rebuild their lives.

The student assistance program may be expanded to cushion the pandemic’s impact and enable more poor students, regardless of gender, to complete school.

Carbon taxes and emission trading systems can help countries mobilize fiscal resources while enabling green economic recovery from COVID-19.  

A pilot project in Viet Nam will test a heat exchange technology that reuses industrial wastewater for heating and cooling production processes.