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The pandemic has called attention to the health and financial well-being of older persons.
A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.
A study examines how India can increase its trade and investments in the Greater Mekong Subregion by helping small and medium-size enterprises tap into this market.
After a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in 2011, communities in Higashi Matsushima City led recovery efforts and built a smart city.
Installing wire-rope barriers to separate opposing lanes of traffic can reduce fatal road accidents by 95%.
In the Republic of Korea, K-water offers smart solutions for managing limited water resources to supply increasing demand in cities.
How to make it work: skills training, civic engagement and forums that help young people become active in society.
A study from India shows low- and middle-income countries must improve economic evaluations of health interventions to reduce chronic disease burden.
Nepal has made it easier to move goods across borders by updating customs software, constructing a new inland clearance depot, and rehabilitating border access roads.
A town in northeast Thailand looks into the feasibility of a design-build-operate scheme for developing a controlled landfill site.