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Innovative and sustained support for Grameen-style lending expanded financial services for underserved groups, including women.
Digital finance offers the potential to reach underserved groups, but it is vital to first understand the needs of this segment.
Policymakers should focus on long-term strategic plans such as zoning of territories based on potential water sources when designing water and sanitation solutions for communities.
Technology can help reboot the tourism sector by enabling contactless and digital transactions and mapping COVID-19 infections for disease control.
Digital finance promises to be an effective means of reaching the unbanked, but its use must be accompanied by consumer information and education.
Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.
Environment-friendly development policies helped the Republic of Korea reduce carbon emissions while sustaining high economic growth.
In the Republic of Korea, K-water offers smart solutions for managing limited water resources to supply increasing demand in cities.
Contingency finance is a risk retention approach for addressing loss and damage associated with climate change impacts.
The Republic of Korea has been a leader in training government officials to be catalysts of economic development.