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Experience in India shows a gradual and localized approach based on evidence allows for safer reopening of the economy and reduces infection rates.
Advances in information and communications technology offer economic opportunities for rural populations and can play a significant role in poverty reduction.
This policy brief looks at three scenarios for reviving tourism: promoting domestic tourism, bilateral travel bubbles, and subregional travel bubbles.
An evaluation of possible project impacts helps preserve culturally and environmentally important sites and protect nearby communities.
Challenges include creating an enabling environment, national and sectoral planning, multiyear assessment of fiscal risks, and gaps in project preparation.
Future-proof workers against the impact of future pandemics by strengthening community- and evidence-based initiatives.
Integrating digital innovation into planning helps countries test, design, and deliver effective circular economy strategies.
New digital technologies are a game changer for financial inclusion in Asia, opening up access to financial services for all sectors of society, and in the process helping dispel myths about financial inclusion.
Timor-Leste can improve its business environment by focusing on investment promotion efforts, strengthening investment facilitation, and using a more problem-driven approach.
Digital technology can improve data collection and analytics to support proactive decisions and increase the efficiency of water utilities.