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Promoting national digital ID systems, interoperable systems, and cloud-based infrastructures can make digital financial services more efficient.
COVID-19 has been like rocket fuel to the fintech industry; it’s now time to close digital gaps, particularly for women.
Establish an internal risk management system, implement concrete strategies, enhance governance structure, and strengthen information disclosure.
A community-driven initiative can benefit interventions in housing and create opportunities to improve the design and delivery of services and facilities in critical sectors.
Patent and public procurement systems can help promote productivity-led growth by improving technology diffusion and supporting innovative solutions.
It is time to revisit urban strategies and revise the urbanization process and practices to build back better post-pandemic cities.
It is necessary to redesign private pension management fee schemes so companies have incentives to compete and develop better products.
Maneuvering through the web of stakeholder interests, the Republic of Korea institutionalized a service-oriented bus transportation system in Seoul and its satellite cities in surrounding provinces.
Latin America's long experience with conditional cash transfers offers lessons for implementing these innovative human development programs in Asia and the Pacific.
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) shifted the focus to learning from schooling and helped design pedagogy to address learning gaps.