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Seoul established a quasi-public bus system, restructured routes, created median lanes, built transfer centers, and integrated its fare system to improve service.
In Seoul, 90% of landfill-bound wastes were instead used to produce energy enough to heat 518,000 households.
Compared to other infrastructure sectors, education needs a different approach to identifying projects for public–private partnerships.
Mobilizing private capital for the water sector requires a strong regulatory environment, sound risk management, and financial sustainability.
Maneuvering through the web of stakeholder interests, the Republic of Korea institutionalized a service-oriented bus transportation system in Seoul and its satellite cities in surrounding provinces.
A study of Samoa's online firms provides lessons and insights for other companies in the Pacific.
Despite extensive aid, countries with fragile and conflict-affected situations are generally failing to significantly improve the lives of their people. New thinking is needed.
To increase sustainability and inclusiveness of growth, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste need to look at ways to improve the quality and efficiency of public spending.
Lessons from the Republic of Korea’s basic skills guarantee policy show how adaptive testing and guidance can ensure learning continuity amid COVID-19.
Instead of recapturing the tourism of the pre-pandemic era, countries should strive to create a new kind of tourism that is more closely aligned to the SDGs.