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Lanzhou, in the People’s Republic of China, has the world's first bus rapid transit with a split station design allowing buses in the same direction to stop on both sides of the platform, easing travel time.
Prepaid trash bags, container deposit schemes, and semi-aerobic landfills effectively reduce waste in Pacific nations.
Data integration and analytics, cloud-based staff management, and e-learning can serve as building blocks for modernizing the civil service system.
Urban cooling with nature-based solutions requires integrated planning, equitable access, community input, and local adaptation for fair, effective results.
In Afghanistan, river basin managers work with farmers in ensuring equitable and sustainable irrigation practices to improve yields and livelihoods.
An arsenal of digital tools, such as geofencing, location sharing, and 3D printing, is helping fight the spread of the coronavirus.
Timor-Leste can give its coffee industry a push by tapping into the niche market of high-quality, premium coffee.
A gender equality index for Mongolia’s higher education sector illuminates how tailored evaluation strategies can help improve education and equality.
Balance development and comfort using global standards, building information modelling, vibration monitoring, and resilient track designs.
Targeted policies can help save the fragile enterprises that are at the core of digital transformation.