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The COVID-19 pandemic shows the importance of real-time learning in adapting interventions to an uncertain and rapidly changing situation.

In Southeast Asia, big data can help transform the delivery of education, health care, and social welfare and protection services.

In South Asia, stakeholders worked together to enhance integrated water resources management in mountainous river basins prone to precipitation extremes.

Consider a holistic view of the future and a broad range of trends and factors when assessing transport projects.

Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region suggest managing river basins as single ecological units.

In the Philippines, solutions that respect river dynamics and ecosystem functions were adopted to keep vulnerable communities safe from natural hazards.  

Replacing an old barrage with advanced technology vastly improved water and flood control, connectivity, and access to essential social services.

Water tariff reforms coupled with personnel training, social contracts, and technology updates can make water utilities more efficient.

In the People’s Republic of China, food delivery businesses are finding innovative ways of reducing, reusing, recycling, and replacing plastic packaging.

Carbon taxes and emission trading systems can help countries mobilize fiscal resources while enabling green economic recovery from COVID-19.