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Viet Nam's Vinh Yen City is a model for urban planners and policymakers seeking a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable city.
The GrEEEn Cities Initiative brings together policies, strategies, sector plans, regulations, financial incentives, technologies, governance institutions, civil society, and private sector interventions.
An award-winning project in Bhutan seeks 100% rural electrification and revenue from energy exports using clean energy from hydropower resources.
Lessons from Indonesia show young entrepreneurs need mentorship and training, business services and facilities, and post-incubation assistance.
Mobile remittances offer a way to provide unbanked populations with affordable, secure, and accessible financial services.
Harmonizing the definition and measurement of circularity drives better policies and stronger cooperation.
PPPs can advance road projects, strengthen infrastructure, and support Sustainable Development Goals, but require effective fiscal and debt management.
Data integration and analytics, cloud-based staff management, and e-learning can serve as building blocks for modernizing the civil service system.
In Seoul, 90% of landfill-bound wastes were instead used to produce energy enough to heat 518,000 households.
Countries need to build capacity and develop financial solutions for different climate risks, including those that can better address slow-onset events.