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Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.

For best results, train the teachers, involve private companies, and share best practices with other school systems.

Innovative lending practices can convert energy efficiency into high rates of return for companies.

Statisticians use satellite images of Earth’s night lights to measure social and economic activity.

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

In Thailand, subsidies, housing grants, educational programs and the leveraging of economies of scale are being used to benefit poor urban dwellers.

A context-sensitive approach in Myanmar is helping to avoid negative impacts and maximize positive results of development projects and programs.

The solutions in Asia and the Pacific: explore groundwater abstraction options, build efficient water infrastructure, develop better data, and improve water management, particularly for agriculture.

The basic education and skill set that powered "Factory Asia" needs realignment if Asia is to continue its upward trajectory.

Nepal has made it easier to move goods across borders by updating customs software, constructing a new inland clearance depot, and rehabilitating border access roads.