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This piece highlights how trade integration and investments in connectivity can help Timor-Leste to achieve its goal of sustainable and inclusive development.

In Indonesia, the rural poor gave cash and in-kind contributions to improve and maintain water supply and services.

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

To strengthen its skills base, the Philippines complemented basic education reforms with Germany’s system of dual vocational training.

Banking on a growing digital economy, Viet Nam needs to improve IT connectivity and skills, e-payments, logistics, cybersecurity, and consumer trust.

The Lab gathers new ideas to encourage more private sector investment for environment-friendly projects in developing countries.

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.

In the Philippines, a pilot project to rehabilitate the Pasig River built community support around a low-cost waste management system.

A project promoting south–south knowledge transfer adapted ICT-based Chinese information dissemination models to the Cambodian context.  

Project interventions evolved to create a virtuous cycle in water services, using performance-based contracts, participatory planning, behavioral change campaigns, and institutional reforms.