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A two-stage holistic and evidence-based framework provides urban planners a structured and practical guide for making cities healthy and age-inclusive.
Major reforms toward a market-based, open economy required extensive public communications to gain public support in the Republic of Korea.
In Mongolia, project procurement-related reviews helped safeguard a health project from corruption, fraud, and other integrity risks.
Well-designed and participatory eco-compensation schemes with proper technical assistance can help small farmers in some of the poorest and most ecologically sensitive areas in the People’s Republic of China.
Putting resources toward specialized training, mentoring and confidence building is a successful formula for giving greater voice to women in the countryside.
On Indonesia’s remote Sumba Island, poorer households can pay for solar home systems with goods or services instead of cash.
A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.
A sound holistic development approach will drive sustainable and inclusive growth across the regions of Bangladesh.
A health impact assessment makes people healthier and projects more effective.
Statisticians use satellite images of Earth’s night lights to measure social and economic activity.