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A study of Samoa's online firms provides lessons and insights for other companies in the Pacific.
Risk communications must be able to dynamically respond to the progression of the pandemic.
From a policy and economic standpoint, a paid sick leave program for COVID-19 is cost-effective in promoting behaviors that reduce disease spread.
To prevent the emergence of a new pandemic, monitoring of pathogens must be supported by socioeconomic solutions that protect biodiversity.
Investments include water conservation, ecosystem rehabilitation, disaster prevention, and green growth capacity development.
Gender-targeted strategies are needed to improve health care for women under India’s universal medical insurance program.
Privatization and corporatization can reduce costs, raise productivity, and improve social welfare.
This piece highlights how trade integration and investments in connectivity can help Timor-Leste to achieve its goal of sustainable and inclusive development.
Challenges include creating an enabling environment, national and sectoral planning, multiyear assessment of fiscal risks, and gaps in project preparation.
Brazil’s Bolsa Floresta encourages beneficiary communities to engage in productive economic activities that do not increase deforestation.