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Disruptive innovation and technologies in transport are ushering smart processes, infrastructure, and operations, challenging regulators and raising passengers’ expectations.
Environment-friendly development policies helped the Republic of Korea reduce carbon emissions while sustaining high economic growth.
What is needed: Increased financing, reliable supplies of affordable and effective medicines, improved data from health information systems, stronger implementation of national malaria programs, and leadership that looks beyond the health sector.
The Sri Lanka Southern Transport Development Project offers lessons in implementing large infrastructure projects involving multiple development partners and affecting many people and communities.
Financial resource mobilization by the Malaria Trust Fund has helped eradicate malaria and build strong foundations for health systems in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
Bangladesh trained 1.5 million people by linking directly to the real-world needs of employers.
Efforts of the People's Republic of China to achieve environmentally balanced growth through eco-compensation have important global ramifications.
In the Republic of Korea, financial firms need to enhance the convenience of mobile services and ensure universal accessibility.
In the highly competitive Korean market, policy makers need to adjust performance indicators and incentives to encourage banks to increase technology financing.
In Nepal, a participatory and consensus-based approach proved critical in changing people’s ‘not in my backyard’ attitude toward a municipal project.