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Mobile apps enable farmers, including women smallholders, to modernize and diversify their production and transact with suppliers and buyers directly.
Smart planning and spending improves public services and raises productivity, attracting more private capital and labor and sustaining growth.
Moving systems into a cloud environment future-proofs public services.
Resilient health systems, early warning tools, and community safeguards can reduce chronic heat risks and protect vulnerable populations.
Blockchain can help plug leaks in the supply chain, facilitating and securing the flow of trade, finance, and information.
Rapid and low-risk prototyping of solutions to problems promotes innovative and cost-effective approaches to urban development.
In Indonesia, the rural poor gave cash and in-kind contributions to improve and maintain water supply and services.
The World Food Programme uses cash transfers not just to feed the hungry but also to give people purchasing power to buy locally, helping to boost economies.
Implement supportive policies, encourage merchant adoption, and integrate digital payments into public services.
Development fees placed on buildings were used to improve pedestrian mobility through elevated walkways in the Makati central business district.