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Financial readiness and pre-arranged support reduce delays, protect budgets, and enable faster, more efficient rebuilding.
A results-driven project is closing the skills gap through sector-wide reforms focused on improving technical and vocational education and training.
Better data, customer-informed product design, and stronger internal accountability can help financial institutions expand access to finance for women entrepreneurs.
A data-driven roadmap integrates governance, technology, and finance to help Sri Lanka’s water utility adapt to climate risks and lower emissions.
Within a week of installing environmental nudges, handwashing with soap among students rose to 61% from 15%.
Improvements in pipeline infrastructure and better customer metering led to significant nonrevenue water reduction and an increase in revenue.
The minimum wage must ensure broad coverage, reflect workers' needs, align with economic conditions, and focus on low-income earners.
A study shows reducing involuntary migration to peripheries of the Greater Seoul Area requires policy interventions to regulate housing cost and supply.
A new book identifies ways to stimulate Asian economic growth through a shift from traditional industrial policies to indigenous innovation.
A preliminary study in Sri Lanka provides important insights into mechanistic-empirical pavement thickness and overlay design for roadway networks.