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The immunization campaign for children in the Republic of Korea after the Korean War took years of strategic planning and implementation that included health education and legislation.
Indonesia's ambition to provide universal access to electricity by 2025, and from clean energy sources wherever possible, rests on its ability to harness wind and solar energy.
Policy challenges include the shift in financial intermediation away from traditional banks toward digital finance providers.
Education technology solutions can help mitigate learning loss and foster resilience in future crises.
Resilient health systems, early warning tools, and community safeguards can reduce chronic heat risks and protect vulnerable populations.
Bucking the digital trend, the appetite for cash is driven by such factors as opportunity cost, precautionary motives, aging, and demand from abroad.
Targeted policies can help save the fragile enterprises that are at the core of digital transformation.
Malaysia has made outstanding progress in reducing extreme monetary poverty.
Data integration and analytics, cloud-based staff management, and e-learning can serve as building blocks for modernizing the civil service system.
Each country must follow its path in leveraging fiscal resources for sustainable development.