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On Indonesia’s remote Sumba Island, poorer households can pay for solar home systems with goods or services instead of cash.
This piece highlights how trade integration and investments in connectivity can help Timor-Leste to achieve its goal of sustainable and inclusive development.
Drones, remote sensing, and other tech-driven solutions make biodiversity monitoring and impact assessment for development projects easier and less costly.
Montenegro has made industry placement of teachers a national program to better match vocational education and training with market demand.
With innovative environmental auditing, auditors can push governments toward better performance in environmental and climate policies.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government provides market analysis, such as consumption patterns and purchasing power, to help small entrepreneurs succeed.
The People’s Republic of China’s efforts to integrate natural capital accounting into its national policy development process may encourage mainstreaming of the practice in other parts of the world.
Strengthening the capacity of the new lake authority was a critical success factor in implementing an integrated lake basin management project.
Tech startups in agriculture, education, environment, and health have high potential for social impact but need a supportive ecosystem to thrive.
Creating project readiness checklists and certification programs on procurement, financial management, and safeguards will help ensure effective project implementation.