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In urban areas in the Lao PDR, decentralized solutions prove to be a low-maintenance and environment-friendly way to ensure clean water and sanitation.
Korean engineers develop a structural monitoring and measurement system that can manage multiple cable bridges in Southeast Asia.
Data integration and analytics, cloud-based staff management, and e-learning can serve as building blocks for modernizing the civil service system.
Cities in Asia and the Pacific need to scale up investments in resilient infrastructure amid increasing climate and disaster risks.
In Afghanistan, river basin managers work with farmers in ensuring equitable and sustainable irrigation practices to improve yields and livelihoods.
Indigenous peoples can better articulate their role in making sense of a project’s environmental and social impacts through participatory storytelling.
The Industry Employment Network Database helps the Philippines shape more strategic policy and infrastructure plans.
Proactive integrity checks can improve public trust in law enforcement agencies and advance societal development.
The Republic of Korea improved mass transit efficiency through the integration of transport nodes, fare systems, and information services.
Tax reforms aimed at a 10% reduction in smoking prevalence could reduce the population of smokers by 38.7 million and prevent 11.6 million premature deaths.