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Gender strategy and workplace policies are advancing safer workplaces, expanding STEM education for girls, and strengthening energy sector reforms.
Seoul’s innovative solution in blending modernization with cultural preservation successfully transformed the Bukchon hanok area.
Korean engineers develop an easy-to-install, economical, and quick-to-use concrete mat as an alternative to traditional road paving.
Valuation approaches include cost-based, revealed preference, stated preference, and benefit transfer.
Pilot projects in the region demonstrate how digital technologies can increase access to finance even in remote areas.
In Seoul, commuters use a smart card to pay for travel on any mode of public transport.
Maneuvering through the web of stakeholder interests, the Republic of Korea institutionalized a service-oriented bus transportation system in Seoul and its satellite cities in surrounding provinces.
Accelerating universal access to water and sanitation is critical to preventing and managing future health crises.
The formula: installing energy efficient lighting systems in government offices and parks, distributing fluorescent lamps nationwide, and establishing a green labeling system for buildings.
In Nepal, a project looked at how biochar can improve soil health and crop yields and reduce the importation of carbon-intensive farm inputs.