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Project interventions evolved to create a virtuous cycle in water services, using performance-based contracts, participatory planning, behavioral change campaigns, and institutional reforms.
A study from India shows low- and middle-income countries must improve economic evaluations of health interventions to reduce chronic disease burden.
Experience in India shows a gradual and localized approach based on evidence allows for safer reopening of the economy and reduces infection rates.
In the People’s Republic of China, reducing the risk of illness-induced poverty entails raising the poor’s financial protection and health system reforms.
The pandemic worsened disparities in chronic disease management among vulnerable groups, exerting adverse psychosocial and economic effects.
Gender-targeted strategies are needed to improve health care for women under India’s universal medical insurance program.
Gain insights from the experience of the Republic of Korea in expressway networks development—from the period of economic restructuring to high economic growth.
Improvements in pipeline infrastructure and better customer metering led to significant nonrevenue water reduction and an increase in revenue.
A town in northeast Thailand looks into the feasibility of a design-build-operate scheme for developing a controlled landfill site.
Gaps in response funding immediately after disaster can now be addressed through a new form of insurance.