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Banking on a growing digital economy, Viet Nam needs to improve IT connectivity and skills, e-payments, logistics, cybersecurity, and consumer trust.
The Republic of Korea’s capital city faced and resolved a series of obstacles to constructing a modern public building on a historic site.
Urban planners in Seoul shifted from paper-based processes to a computerized system to improve information sharing and decision-making.
Effective plastic waste management in Southeast Asia depends on strong data governance frameworks that are practical, inclusive, and enforceable.
Digital solutions tailored to the local contexts and reinforced by human interactions hold great potential for scaling action against plastic pollution.
Policies should promote the growth and sustainability of social enterprises without making them dependent on state support.
Pacific island countries need to include climate action in national development plans to lessen the economic costs of climate change.
Successful adaptation to older population age structures requires a policy focus on measuring and improving the social value of medical care.
A pilot project in the Philippines gives livelihood support and coaching to poor households, which helped them cope better with the COVID-19 crisis.
Efforts are needed to get third parties engaged in the emissions market.