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In the Philippines, a pilot project to rehabilitate the Pasig River built community support around a low-cost waste management system.
AI and satellite data improve poverty mapping in Indonesia and Maldives, enabling targeted solutions through data-driven insights.
Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technology can be a game changer for managing irrigation networks and raising agriculture productivity in Indonesia.
Enhancing public asset management can help governments overcome the fiscal challenges brought by COVID-19.
A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.
What is needed: Increased financing, reliable supplies of affordable and effective medicines, improved data from health information systems, stronger implementation of national malaria programs, and leadership that looks beyond the health sector.
A project promoting south–south knowledge transfer adapted ICT-based Chinese information dissemination models to the Cambodian context.
In Mongolia, community revolving funds helped poor households develop tourism goods and services aligned with biodiversity conservation.
The lack of a dedicated financial mechanism to address climate-related loss and damage underscores the need for innovative ways to address this funding gap.
Tailored development approaches are the key to improving livelihoods and resilience in small islands states and countries affected by fragility or conflict.