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To increase sustainability and inclusiveness of growth, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste need to look at ways to improve the quality and efficiency of public spending.
Targeted financing, regional pooling, and digital solutions can expand access to essential health services across dispersed island populations.
Communities benefit from employment and skills transfer when PNG-based companies engage in construction projects through a build local approach.
Low-income households were moved from at-risk areas near rail tracks to safe, inclusive housing—pioneering transparent, climate-resilient urban resettlement in Sri Lanka.
Select the most appropriate measurement method—walking, digitization, or parcel corner GPS—based on specific local characteristics.
Huangshi in the People’s Republic of China is a model of systematic pollution control and ecological rehabilitation of lakes in small and medium-sized cities.
Outcome-based budgeting is a comprehensive approach that considers the inputs, outputs, and outcomes to be achieved with public funds.
A comprehensive assessment of climate impacts helped tailor appropriate and impactful interventions in Huangshan city.
Explore equity, quasi-equity, and other non-debt assistance and structural reforms to protect small businesses from COVID-19 and other shocks.
Gender-targeted strategies are needed to improve health care for women under India’s universal medical insurance program.