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Mobile remittances offer a way to provide unbanked populations with affordable, secure, and accessible financial services.
A study of nighttime luminosity in Sri Lanka shows an uptake of local economic activities in areas connected by a large-scale road project.
Leverage machine learning and satellite imagery for informed resource allocation to enhance road quality and address development challenges.
Less developed countries can take advantage of increased talent flows in the region in expanding their “brain network.”
Investments must focus on diverse vaccine platforms, capacity building, and collaborative networks.
Act early, act together, and act wisely—so AI amplifies human aspiration rather than undermines social cohesion and development.
Instead of using diesel generators, remote islands can build a local energy grid that uses hydrogen as a pollution-free alternative.
Map subsidies’ impact on climate efforts in Asia and the Pacific and strategize carbon pricing to guide reforms.
Government can partner with telcos and educators and use multiple channels of existing infrastructure to reach as many children as possible.
Government support, good governance, and resolute leadership helped Nepal Electricity Authority achieve profitability.