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Community involvement in planning, operation, and maintenance has been key to the successful provision of water and sanitation services for more than 700,000 people living in remote and poor regions in Nepal.
Effective resettlement begins with keeping people at the heart of planning and decision-making.
Seoul’s innovative solution in blending modernization with cultural preservation successfully transformed the Bukchon hanok area.
A well-crafted action plan has helped women in Bangladesh who want to start small and medium-sized enterprises have a more equal playing field with men.
A financing scheme using Internet of Things gives tricycle drivers access to credit without collateral and promotes discipline in loan repayments.
Innovative lending practices can convert energy efficiency into high rates of return for companies.
Create an enabling environment with strong policies, institutions, and financial systems that support solutions that can adapt to changing needs.
Rapid and low-risk prototyping of solutions to problems promotes innovative and cost-effective approaches to urban development.
The technology credit rating system was integrated into loan application evaluations of technologically innovative SMEs.
Replacing an old barrage with advanced technology vastly improved water and flood control, connectivity, and access to essential social services.