Nutrition, caregiving, safe environments, and early learning in the first years of life generate lifelong social and economic returns.
India’s national health insurance program has provided cashless care to more than 700 million people. Strengthening integration, digital tools, and quality oversight could make it a model for other developing countries.
Rapid advances in satellite sensing and location-based analytics are turning national spatial data systems into core public infrastructure that connect environmental insight, real-time mapping and secure data to strengthen planning and decision-making.
Armenia’s housing program offers insights for other countries on how housing, infrastructure, and job creation can help spur balanced development beyond urban centers.
Integrating gender analysis to see elements that would be otherwise missed is a powerful investment tool for generating profit while helping women and girls.
Though there are many similarities between tech startups and other small businesses, they need to be treated differently from a policy and regulatory standpoint.
Promoting inclusive, resilient, and sustainable development in fragile and conflict-affected states is needed to improve living standards, promote good governance and strengthen institutions.
The “nexus” approach calls for better planning to prevent humanitarian crises, and rapid responses when they occur.