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UAVs enable high-resolution data collection, but their effective integration demands overcoming operational, regulatory, and capacity-related hurdles.
The 2024 ProFIT Survey highlights the need to simplify business registration, expand SME financing, and align skills training with market demand.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government provides market analysis, such as consumption patterns and purchasing power, to help small entrepreneurs succeed.
Modernizing farming methods, establishing greenhouse farms, and improving post-harvest management can mitigate the adverse effects of climate change and enhance food security.
Sorsogon City in the Philippines is investigating options for upgrading its open dumpsites to a properly managed landfill.
The city-state offers a good case example for other Southeast Asian countries vying to become tech and innovation hubs.
Progressive urban governance and planning reforms are required for cities to deliver the economic and social benefits of urbanization.
Countries in Asia and the Pacific must use tax incentives sparingly, embed them into law, and reinforce their overall investment environment.
As a way forward for coastal cities, this article explores the potential of system of systems approaches for integrated planning and management of coastal assets using nature-based solutions that engage communities.
The Republic of Korea has been a leader in training government officials to be catalysts of economic development.