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In the Republic of Korea, large financial firms should lead efforts to support high-risk, high-return intellectual property investments.

Experts endorse 10 principles for risk mitigation, which include evacuation plans for medical and quarantine facilities and areas under lockdown.

Governments need the right mix of policies and projects to reap the benefits of urban growth.

Moa House is an innovative model that improves living conditions by reducing project timelines and providing infrastructure for hard-to-redevelop low-rise homes.

Outcome-based budgeting is a comprehensive approach that considers the inputs, outputs, and outcomes to be achieved with public funds.

A “polluters pay” policy helps Seoul reduce household waste going to the landfill by 90% and waste generated by the city by 40%.

Creating a mortgage refinancing company was critical to building a stable residential housing market.

Tax reforms aimed at a 10% reduction in smoking prevalence could reduce the population of smokers by 38.7 million and prevent 11.6 million premature deaths.

Sea level rise will hike coastal flood losses at least 12-fold by 2100. The benefits of adaptation outweigh the costs, providing returns at least 10 times the investments.

A study looks at the costs of overloading and how improved policies and enforcement can give an economic boost to Mekong countries.