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A program that subsidized medical expenses during a financial crisis provided the opportunity to help build a resilient health system in Mongolia.
By connecting different modes of transportation, interchange stations make mass transit a convenient option for long-distance trips.
In Nepal, a participatory and consensus-based approach proved critical in changing people’s ‘not in my backyard’ attitude toward a municipal project.
Privatization and corporatization can reduce costs, raise productivity, and improve social welfare.
Rapid and low-risk prototyping of solutions to problems promotes innovative and cost-effective approaches to urban development.
This nature-based solution can help cities become more livable, reduce the risk of flooding, and transform urban spaces into vibrant centers for the community.
In Indonesia, the rural poor gave cash and in-kind contributions to improve and maintain water supply and services.
Through machine learning, data from nontraditional sources, such as telcos, are analyzed for credit risk assessment of the unbanked.
A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.
Microfinance anchored on civil society organizations is a promising model in banking the unbanked.