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A partnership between the government education department and a non-government organization in the Philippines gives a blueprint for improving access to basic education.
The formula: installing energy efficient lighting systems in government offices and parks, distributing fluorescent lamps nationwide, and establishing a green labeling system for buildings.
In the People's Republic of China, a project is saving enough energy to match the equivalent of building a 107-megawatt power plant.
An electricity trading project between Indonesia and Malaysia is lowering power costs, raising revenue and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Bangladesh trained 1.5 million people by linking directly to the real-world needs of employers.
Tajikistan combined irrigation system repairs with agriculture policy reforms to increase food security and farm productivity.
A context-sensitive approach in Myanmar is helping to avoid negative impacts and maximize positive results of development projects and programs.
Community involvement in planning, operation, and maintenance has been key to the successful provision of water and sanitation services for more than 700,000 people living in remote and poor regions in Nepal.
In the Philippines, a pilot project to rehabilitate the Pasig River built community support around a low-cost waste management system.
Find out how carbon credit financing helped turn a dump site in Mumbai, India into a green landscape.