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Involving residents from rural communities is key to improve access to markets and commercial areas.
Combining market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services and conditional social transfers, alleviate poverty while conserving ecosystems.
Singapore halted demolition of an old industrial building within a high-tech business park and repurposed it into a vibrant start-up cluster.
Global harmonized digital identities for companies could have a profound impact on trade worldwide.
Blockchain technology is making waves in developing countries across Asia.
Singapore’s biophilic public hospital was built by rehabilitating and incorporating a nearby stormwater collection pond to create a waterfront healing space popular with patients and nearby residents alike.
East Asia needs to shift toward a model of economic growth focused on low carbon emissions and more efficient use of resources.
Statisticians use satellite images of Earth’s night lights to measure social and economic activity.
An electricity trading project between Indonesia and Malaysia is lowering power costs, raising revenue and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
The Republic of Korea’s shift to an information and communication technology-based education system provides useful lessons for other countries looking to make similar changes.