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A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.
The Republic of Korea provided vocational training for disabled people in addition to imposing a hiring quota for both public and private employers.
A results-driven project is closing the skills gap through sector-wide reforms focused on improving technical and vocational education and training.
Instead of using diesel generators, remote islands can build a local energy grid that uses hydrogen as a pollution-free alternative.
Strategies for making electric vehicles a sustainable solution include a phased implementation starting with e-buses in Dushanbe and climate finance.
Tackling undernutrition in children under 5 years of age requires political will, resources, and a focus on results.
Studies show that migrant high-skilled professionals can help increase trade, capital flows, and knowledge and technology transfers whether or not they return to their home countries.
Knowledge of a startup’s technology, human resources, marketability, and growth potential lowers the risks of venture capital investments.
Preventing and controlling the spread of deadly diseases from animals to humans require a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach.
Design projects with high economic impact and share dividends with investors and communities through hometown investment funds, land trusts, and other instruments.