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AI and satellite data improve poverty mapping in Indonesia and Maldives, enabling targeted solutions through data-driven insights.
Innovations in water management and adaptive planning can create opportunities for climate adaptation and mitigation.
A 6th-century underground marvel in Istanbul showcases ancient engineering, sustainable water management, and resilience lessons for modern cities.
Warning systems and other measures will help save lives, protect biodiversity, and reduce rail service disruptions.
Maternal health gains require engaging private providers in quality frameworks that embed accountability, equity, and consistent standards.
Digital change poses transformative opportunities, as well as risks, in capturing and interpreting data in support of sustainable development goals.
Chronic respiratory disease screening and management through digital spirometry can improve lung health outcomes in Asia and the Pacific.
In the Philippines, an education nonprofit is improving program monitoring by removing data silos to increase the reliability and sharing of data.
Challenges include creating an enabling environment, national and sectoral planning, multiyear assessment of fiscal risks, and gaps in project preparation.
Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on women can help policy makers design gender-sensitive measures as part of their economic recovery plan.