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Evidence-based and targeted communication is key to raising awareness of gender equality issues.
Innovative and sustained support for Grameen-style lending expanded financial services for underserved groups, including women.
A study of nighttime luminosity in Sri Lanka shows an uptake of local economic activities in areas connected by a large-scale road project.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government provides market analysis, such as consumption patterns and purchasing power, to help small entrepreneurs succeed.
Experience from two projects shows digital tools for database management help ensure a fair and transparent process and efficient resource allocation.
Government support, good governance, and resolute leadership helped Nepal Electricity Authority achieve profitability.
To prevent the emergence of a new pandemic, monitoring of pathogens must be supported by socioeconomic solutions that protect biodiversity.
Promoting national digital ID systems, interoperable systems, and cloud-based infrastructures can make digital financial services more efficient.
Generative AI has the potential to improve community resilience with careful yet optimistic approach in promoting health interventions.
The government is strengthening its economic foundations and upscaling food and nutrition and climate-resilient social assistance to address the country’s food insecurity.