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Providing a lifeline to workers and businesses most affected by the COVID-19 crisis calls for innovative solutions, such as digital money transfers.

Several national and regional initiatives address the risks of loss and damage associated with climate change impacts.

A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.

In Australia, the private sector is working with regulators to maximize the benefits of blockchain technology and minimize its risks. 

In the Philippines, targeted cash grants to help poor students finish high school could double their potential income and lift them out of chronic poverty.

Artificial intelligence enables rapid analysis of satellite images to assess damage and priority areas. 

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.

Better coordination and accountability are helping to improve road and water systems in Armenia.

Using resource-saving technology, new rice varieties, and intercropping of vegetables improve yields and income in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal.

Investing in energy transition may enable the textile sector to access markets that require lower-carbon supply chains.