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COVID-19 has been like rocket fuel to the fintech industry; it’s now time to close digital gaps, particularly for women.
In South Asia, stakeholders worked together to enhance integrated water resources management in mountainous river basins prone to precipitation extremes.
Cities in Asia and the Pacific need to scale up investments in resilient infrastructure amid increasing climate and disaster risks.
Successful adaptation to older population age structures requires a policy focus on measuring and improving the social value of medical care.
Recovery interventions should provide not only economic stimulus but also address climate and disaster risk to ensure that gains are sustained.
In Seoul, commuters use a smart card to pay for travel on any mode of public transport.
Seoul’s Transport Operation and Information Service (TOPIS) is an integrated data hub for smart city management.
Clean Development Mechanism projects supported by the Future Carbon Fund are reducing greenhouse gas emissions while delivering social, environmental, and economic co-benefits that contribute to sustainable development.
Myanmar’s second largest city tackles the challenges of improving and privatizing waste management.
One of the most populous cities in the Philippines examines ways to make its waste collection system financially sustainable.