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Southeast Asia is home to some of the most climate change-vulnerable countries in the world. It is imperative that ASEAN benefits from COP24. 

Catalytic risk capital, community empowerment, and climate-smart practices in poultry farming can unlock industry growth.

Digital technology is key to increasing financial inclusion, but it comes with new challenges and risks.

The 2024 ProFIT Survey highlights the need to simplify business registration, expand SME financing, and align skills training with market demand.

Smart planning and spending improves public services and raises productivity, attracting more private capital and labor and sustaining growth.

Strategies include a regulatory planning framework, area-based development, green infrastructure, and community engagement.

Policymakers should focus on long-term strategic plans such as zoning of territories based on potential water sources when designing water and sanitation solutions for communities.

The experience of the People’s Republic of China shows that beyond economic growth, an adaptive and cooperative approach can help reduce poverty even at hard to reach places.

What is needed: Increased financing, reliable supplies of affordable and effective medicines, improved data from health information systems, stronger implementation of national malaria programs, and leadership that looks beyond the health sector.

Demographic changes, such as population aging in East Asia, will affect productivity and competitiveness and shape how innovation is created.