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AI and digital innovation can help extend working lives, strengthen pensions, and build more resilient systems for the aging population.
Crises like a pandemic underscore the importance of alternative sources of high-quality and timely data in developing effective measures.
Pseudo-panel methods using repeated cross-sectional surveys, which are less costly and easier to do, may offer a solution to this problem.
Increased availability of data and computing power have made it possible to set parameters beforehand that will trigger insurance coverage for a variety of risks.
A new diagnostic tool can strengthen public institutions, where services are delivered and where corruption and inefficiency often emerge.
Modernizing milk production can help reduce the grazing pressure on grasslands and support the livelihood of herders.
Korean engineers develop an easy-to-install, economical, and quick-to-use concrete mat as an alternative to traditional road paving.
Insights gained from natural capital accounting can guide the design of projects and public policies.
Within a week of installing environmental nudges, handwashing with soap among students rose to 61% from 15%.
Without proper valuation, natural assets’ scarcity remains economically invisible, leading to their exploitation for short-term gains.