Case Study

Online training of caregivers using a popular mobile app and a digital monitoring and assessment platform help improve the quality of services.

Insight

Government support, good governance, and resolute leadership helped Nepal Electricity Authority achieve profitability.

Summary

Gender tip sheets make the business case for mainstreaming gender goals into finance, renewable energy, agribusiness, and other private sector projects.

Explainer

The Dhaka and Western Zone grid expansion project is using high-level tech applications to raise efficiency, cut emissions, and build climate resilience.

Insight

A study of nighttime luminosity in Sri Lanka shows an uptake of local economic activities in areas connected by a large-scale road project.

Case Study

In Mongolia, community revolving funds helped poor households develop tourism goods and services aligned with biodiversity conservation.

Explainer

Pseudo-panel methods using repeated cross-sectional surveys, which are less costly and easier to do, may offer a solution to this problem.

Summary

The National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2035 emphasizes nature-based solutions, a region-specific approach, and climate-resilient investments. 

Explainer

In Nepal’s mountain eco-regions, the needs of women and vulnerable groups were considered in designing a project that protects water resources from climate risks.

Insight

Experience from other countries shows online business registries are transparent and easy to use, encouraging enterprises to formalize their business.