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Invest in preparedness and establish a shock-responsive social protection system to weather future shocks and reap dividends from resilience.

Jobs, education and skills development are needed to help elderly people lead a more stable life and contribute to the economy. 

Singapore’s tiered housing subsidies have made it possible for nearly everyone to own a home in the city-state.

Regional financial cooperation has strengthened Asian economies and made them more resilient, but attention toward this important work has waned in recent years.

In Viet Nam, where the motorcycle is king of the road, convincing the public to support a metro rail project required a strategic communication plan.

Accelerating universal access to water and sanitation is critical to preventing and managing future health crises.

The Republic of Korea’s shift to an information and communication technology-based education system provides useful lessons for other countries looking to make similar changes.

Policymakers should focus on long-term strategic plans such as zoning of territories based on potential water sources when designing water and sanitation solutions for communities.

A project promoting south–south knowledge transfer adapted ICT-based Chinese information dissemination models to the Cambodian context.  

The solutions in Asia and the Pacific: explore groundwater abstraction options, build efficient water infrastructure, develop better data, and improve water management, particularly for agriculture.