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The Republic of Korea is revitalizing rural centers to improve the quality of life in rural areas.

In Bangladesh, improvements in rural roads and markets paved the way for women’s empowerment.

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

Policymakers should focus on long-term strategic plans such as zoning of territories based on potential water sources when designing water and sanitation solutions for communities.

The Islamic Development Bank shares its experience in microfinance and group value chain financing to improve access to credit in rural areas.

Involving residents from rural communities is key to improve access to markets and commercial areas.

The internet has shown a great advantage in the integration, transformation, and upgrading of the People’s Republic of China’s rural economy, especially in the agriculture industry chain.

A project in Chaonan district in the People’s Republic China shows how to improve services in rural areas and small towns with scarce water resources.

A study of nighttime luminosity in Sri Lanka shows an uptake of local economic activities in areas connected by a large-scale road project.

A project promoting south–south knowledge transfer adapted ICT-based Chinese information dissemination models to the Cambodian context.