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A study of Samoa's online firms provides lessons and insights for other companies in the Pacific.
Large-scale vaccination requires a comprehensive strategy, infrastructure, human resources, monitoring systems, and a receptive public.
Large-scale reversal of deforestation can be achieved through effective interventions and finance mechanisms that support conservation initiatives.
Effective resettlement begins with keeping people at the heart of planning and decision-making.
Technology can help reboot the tourism sector by enabling contactless and digital transactions and mapping COVID-19 infections for disease control.
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.
With the People's Republic of China and Indonesia as centers of excellence, a regional program demonstrates how the technology can reduce carbon intensity.
Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.
Strengthening leadership pathways, workplace reforms, and training can help address barriers to women’s rise to senior health roles.
The region needs integrated and holistic policies to push an ambitious agenda that requires capital, innovation, and new business models and mindsets.