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This report provides a framework for implementing commercially viable distributed electrification solutions and shares lessons from a pilot in the Philippines.
After a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in 2011, communities in Higashi Matsushima City led recovery efforts and built a smart city.
Improve water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management to strengthen resilience to vector-borne diseases.
Harmonizing standards and navigating medical device regulations to boost innovations can facilitate access beyond national boundaries.
A project in Bangladesh used behavior change communication as a large-scale health care intervention to help women and poor households access health care.
Without proper valuation, natural assets’ scarcity remains economically invisible, leading to their exploitation for short-term gains.
Many transport projects include specific measures to prevent HIV/AIDS among migrant construction workers.
Pseudo-panel methods using repeated cross-sectional surveys, which are less costly and easier to do, may offer a solution to this problem.
Policies should foster vibrant start-up ecosystems, enabled by foundational technologies, such as cloud computing.
Digital technology is key to increasing financial inclusion, but it comes with new challenges and risks.