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Maternal health gains require engaging private providers in quality frameworks that embed accountability, equity, and consistent standards.
Colombia’s capital Bogota has made it safe and easy to travel by bicycle to work or school by creating a 376-kilometer grid of bike paths, called CicloRutas.
Singapore pioneered road pricing as a tool to reduce traffic congestion and improved it over the years into a high-tech, pay-as-you-use system.
Singapore's hawker centers are considered to be useful social tools that not only brings people from all walks of life together through affordable food but also provides a source of livelihood for those with limited financial means.
The TransMilenio Bus Rapid Transit system is at the heart of Bogotá's strategy to serve the transport needs of a majority of the city's residents, who do not own a car.
Cities can turn to integrated ICT solutions to better manage the environment, health and safety of their industrial parks and enterprises.
The rise of megacities in the Republic of Korea requires management methods that align city-level development with metropolitan planning.
To obtain development gains through digital investments, invest in their analog complements: policy and infrastructure.
Secondary cities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America have an opportunity to avoid gridlocked growth patterns and to integrate sustainable energy and transport solutions.
In Pakistan, a multi-donor fund was set up to help finance priority investments in disaster risk management.