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Seoul’s Transport Operation and Information Service (TOPIS) is an integrated data hub for smart city management.
Seoul established a quasi-public bus system, restructured routes, created median lanes, built transfer centers, and integrated its fare system to improve service.
Studies show that migrant high-skilled professionals can help increase trade, capital flows, and knowledge and technology transfers whether or not they return to their home countries.
In easing the debt burden of economically vulnerable groups, measures should be taken to prevent creditor resistance and moral hazard among borrowers.
Project interventions evolved to create a virtuous cycle in water services, using performance-based contracts, participatory planning, behavioral change campaigns, and institutional reforms.
Digital finance promises to be an effective means of reaching the unbanked, but its use must be accompanied by consumer information and education.
A study of Kostanay region provides insights into developing sustainable businesses in the country.
Increasing disaster risks in developing countries call for strategic planning and investments in resilient and low-carbon infrastructure.
In urban areas in the Lao PDR, decentralized solutions prove to be a low-maintenance and environment-friendly way to ensure clean water and sanitation.
A program that subsidized medical expenses during a financial crisis provided the opportunity to help build a resilient health system in Mongolia.