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Pakistan has worked with the Asian Development Bank and other partners to bring development goals, despite major challenges.
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.
Huangshi in the People’s Republic of China is a model of systematic pollution control and ecological rehabilitation of lakes in small and medium-sized cities.
Blockchain can help plug leaks in the supply chain, facilitating and securing the flow of trade, finance, and information.
Creating a mortgage refinancing company was critical to building a stable residential housing market.
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.
Development fees placed on buildings were used to improve pedestrian mobility through elevated walkways in the Makati central business district.