In Sri Lanka, the rural water sector has benefited from the active role of women in management and operations.

A combination of asphalt and concrete layers that incorporate plastic waste could make durable, sustainable, and cost-effective rural roads.

The pandemic has called attention to the health and financial well-being of older persons.

Recovery interventions should provide not only economic stimulus but also address climate and disaster risk to ensure that gains are sustained.

Invest in preparedness and establish a shock-responsive social protection system to weather future shocks and reap dividends from resilience.

Response, recovery, and adaptation measures ensure the safety of commuters and make transport systems resilient to COVID-19 and future disasters.

A study examines the feasibility of applying computer vision techniques to satellite data of the Philippines and Thailand to produce poverty maps.

Increased road crashes linked to motorcycles call for improving policies on their use for public transport and logistics.

Online learning initiatives fill the gap left by school and business closures and show the way forward after COVID-19.

Targeted policies can help save the fragile enterprises that are at the core of digital transformation.