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Promoting domestic tourism is essential to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s COVID-19 recovery.
Tech startups in agriculture, education, environment, and health have high potential for social impact but need a supportive ecosystem to thrive.
The use of unique identification in health systems is improving the quality of health care, cutting costs, and decreasing fraud.
Structured health assessments guide countries in strengthening climate-ready services, improving infrastructure, and reducing vulnerability across sectors.
Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.
Health systems must prioritize sustainable oxygen supply to strengthen routine care and prepare for future pandemics.
A data-driven “smart” system can help water utilities to reduce losses from unaccounted-for-water more efficiently and improve service delivery.
Implement supportive policies, encourage merchant adoption, and integrate digital payments into public services.
UAVs enable high-resolution data collection, but their effective integration demands overcoming operational, regulatory, and capacity-related hurdles.
The technology credit rating system was integrated into loan application evaluations of technologically innovative SMEs.