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Colombia’s capital Bogota has made it safe and easy to travel by bicycle to work or school by creating a 376-kilometer grid of bike paths, called CicloRutas.
Singapore pioneered road pricing as a tool to reduce traffic congestion and improved it over the years into a high-tech, pay-as-you-use system.
Bucking the digital trend, the appetite for cash is driven by such factors as opportunity cost, precautionary motives, aging, and demand from abroad.
Circular practices, such as extending a product’s useful life or recycling waste into products, can yield environmental as well as economic benefits.
In the People’s Republic of China, biogas plants supply electricity to livestock farms using their wastes and produce organic fertilizer for eco-farming.
Banks need to update their business models as competition from fintechs disrupts the supply chain finance market.
Disaster risk insurance can help countries in Asia and the Pacific to minimize losses from natural hazards.
How technology is used in and outside the classroom to improve access to education
Find out why Guangzhou Bus Rapid Transit, Asia's first gold-standard BRT, performs better than most metro systems in the world.
Regular consultations, monitoring, and follow-up measures can help successfully restore the income of project-affected persons.