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Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.
A combination of asphalt and concrete layers that incorporate plastic waste could make durable, sustainable, and cost-effective rural roads.
A Singapore study shows career breaks to care for family hold back not only a woman’s rise in the corporate ladder but also affect her retirement savings.
This nature-based solution can help cities become more livable, reduce the risk of flooding, and transform urban spaces into vibrant centers for the community.
Project interventions evolved to create a virtuous cycle in water services, using performance-based contracts, participatory planning, behavioral change campaigns, and institutional reforms.
In Kazakhstan, infection among workers at a road upgrading project was avoided because good occupational safety and health measures were in place.
A sound holistic development approach will drive sustainable and inclusive growth across the regions of Bangladesh.
Bhutan has achieved high rates of economic growth and poverty reduction by taking a holistic approach to development that includes the personal happiness of its citizens
Life cycle assessments and complex value optimization are holistic approaches in measuring investment impacts.
The rise of megacities in the Republic of Korea requires management methods that align city-level development with metropolitan planning.