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A study of nighttime luminosity in Sri Lanka shows an uptake of local economic activities in areas connected by a large-scale road project.
Instead of recapturing the tourism of the pre-pandemic era, countries should strive to create a new kind of tourism that is more closely aligned to the SDGs.
In India, auctions were found to be better than regulator-designed tariffs in determining the procurement price for solar-generated electricity.
Tailored development approaches are the key to improving livelihoods and resilience in small islands states and countries affected by fragility or conflict.
Crises like a pandemic underscore the importance of alternative sources of high-quality and timely data in developing effective measures.
Banking on a growing digital economy, Viet Nam needs to improve IT connectivity and skills, e-payments, logistics, cybersecurity, and consumer trust.
Data integration and analytics, cloud-based staff management, and e-learning can serve as building blocks for modernizing the civil service system.
Understand and address the needs of vulnerable young workers and entrepreneurs as part of COVID-19 measures.
Spatial analysis can aid planning and policy design in enhancing the economic impact of regional transport networks in Central Asia.
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) shifted the focus to learning from schooling and helped design pedagogy to address learning gaps.