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Long-term policy framework, regulatory alignment, and smart infrastructure may unlock the region’s digital trade potential.
Digital finance offers the potential to reach underserved groups, but it is vital to first understand the needs of this segment.
Integrating digital innovation into planning helps countries test, design, and deliver effective circular economy strategies.
Digital financial services like mobile money can reduce transfer prices and improve transparency, efficiency, and access.
An arsenal of digital tools, such as geofencing, location sharing, and 3D printing, is helping fight the spread of the coronavirus.
Crowdsourcing can be an effective way to address pain points that limit MSMEs from getting financing.
Pilot projects in the region demonstrate how digital technologies can increase access to finance even in remote areas.
A study examines the potential of three applications to scale up and recommends policy actions to support digital adoption.
BWRIS and AWS are helping farmers and planners use every drop wisely in Pakistan’s most arid and water-scarce province.
Digital solutions tailored to the local contexts and reinforced by human interactions hold great potential for scaling action against plastic pollution.