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Performance-based funding improved urban governance and quality of infrastructure and services, and promoted women’s empowerment.

New digital technologies are a game changer for financial inclusion in Asia, opening up access to financial services for all sectors of society, and in the process helping dispel myths about financial inclusion.

Investing in energy transition may enable the textile sector to access markets that require lower-carbon supply chains.

Strategic foresight tools can help policy makers adopt a more proactive approach to solving problems.  

How to make it work: skills training, civic engagement and forums that help young people become active in society.

In Nepal’s mountain eco-regions, the needs of women and vulnerable groups were considered in designing a project that protects water resources from climate risks.

Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.

A district heating project taps the help of private sector companies to promote higher energy efficiency and lower emissions.

Building the resilience of rice markets is key to ensuring food security amid increasing prices and climate risks in Asia and the Pacific.

Collaborations can bridge infrastructure deficits as well as support transformational development and enhance urban livability in many ways.