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In Thailand, subsidies, housing grants, educational programs and the leveraging of economies of scale are being used to benefit poor urban dwellers.
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.
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) shifted the focus to learning from schooling and helped design pedagogy to address learning gaps.
Strategies for making electric vehicles a sustainable solution include a phased implementation starting with e-buses in Dushanbe and climate finance.
Cities can use AI and satellite imagery for rapid data collection to prevent illegal structures and ensure sustainable urban planning.
The Republic of Korea’s shift to an information and communication technology-based education system provides useful lessons for other countries looking to make similar changes.
A national program promotes forest conservation and protection while creating sustainable livelihoods for communities.
A project in Bangladesh used behavior change communication as a large-scale health care intervention to help women and poor households access health care.
In the People's Republic of China, a project is saving enough energy to match the equivalent of building a 107-megawatt power plant.
Tapping the potential of MOOCs in training statisticians on tablet-based data collection yields promising results.