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Georgia’s integrated urban planning approach is improving livability, revitalizing heritage, and setting new benchmarks for inclusive development.
A financial instrument to help governments finance disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction without over-stressing their fiscal budgets
In Bangladesh, access and use of high-quality primary health care facilities are being improved, particularly for women and girls.
Embedding health security in fiscal policy can reduce economic losses and avert deaths during a pandemic.
A livelihood project sets up night markets in border towns of the Greater Mekong Subregion and provides microfinance support to vendors.
Act early, act together, and act wisely—so AI amplifies human aspiration rather than undermines social cohesion and development.
Instead of using diesel generators, remote islands can build a local energy grid that uses hydrogen as a pollution-free alternative.
Social protection spending and coverage are increasing, yet some countries continue to favor the nonpoor over the poor, and men over women.
A Singapore study shows career breaks to care for family hold back not only a woman’s rise in the corporate ladder but also affect her retirement savings.
New technologies, including APIs and SDMX, are revolutionizing data collection and sharing, reducing the data gap in Asia and the Pacific.