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To obtain development gains through digital investments, invest in their analog complements: policy and infrastructure.

Crises like a pandemic underscore the importance of alternative sources of high-quality and timely data in developing effective measures.

Safer infrastructure and robust post-crash care can save lives, prevent long-term disabilities, and support recovery.

Developing regional value chains will promote trade and unlock the region’s unrealized economy.

Governments need the right mix of policies and projects to reap the benefits of urban growth.

Increase production and consumption of renewables to improve energy security and to also lower emissions per capita and carbon intensity.

One way to reduce poverty in developing countries is to make it cheaper and easier for migrant workers to send money home.

Tax reforms aimed at a 10% reduction in smoking prevalence could reduce the population of smokers by 38.7 million and prevent 11.6 million premature deaths.

In Bangladesh, improvements in rural roads and markets paved the way for women’s empowerment.

Business support infrastructure, access to finance, and information technologies empowered small businesses and generated opportunities for women and youth in Maldives.