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AI and satellite data improve poverty mapping in Indonesia and Maldives, enabling targeted solutions through data-driven insights.
The Industry Employment Network Database helps the Philippines shape more strategic policy and infrastructure plans.
Savvy project management accelerates construction of a 75 km railway in war-torn Afghanistan.
The region needs integrated and holistic policies to push an ambitious agenda that requires capital, innovation, and new business models and mindsets.
The principle of reciprocity in multilateral trade negotiations can unlock benefits to developing countries.
With foreign aid assistance, the mobilization of nongovernment organizations, the community, and other key stakeholders, the government of the Republic of Korea was able to implement policies for a successful country-wide reforestation program.
Gender data on education, health, and other sectors can guide policy interventions that aim to help reduce the gender gap.
Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.
Digital change poses transformative opportunities, as well as risks, in capturing and interpreting data in support of sustainable development goals.
Structured health assessments guide countries in strengthening climate-ready services, improving infrastructure, and reducing vulnerability across sectors.