Writing Invisibility: Conversations on the Inner City
Eight writers and journalists from South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya and the United States have contributed stories drawing on themes within social science research. These stories cover a range of … Continue reading
Why We Need Urban Health Equity Indicators
Corburn and Cohen – As the urban population of the planet increases and puts new stressors on infrastructure and institutions and exacerbates economic and social inequalities, public health and other … Continue reading
The Magistrate is the Muse: Law and Visual Economy in Bangkok
Noah Viernes – Modernization is image accumulation, points of uncertainty that add more dimensions to urban life than planning intends. This Thai street imaginary comprises the visual and auditory dimensions of … Continue reading
Governance in the Digital City
Klaus Philipsen – While one can easily see how the digital world can empower and equalize especially through access, information and horizontal connectivity, the down-sides begin to take shape as … Continue reading
The Urgency of Enrolling Out-of-School Children
Milan Thomas – Although significant progress toward achieving universal primary education has been made over the past decade, out-of-school children (OOSC) remain a pervasive global problem. According to one estimate, … Continue reading
The New Poor in Latin America
In this paper we identify a group of people in Latin America and other developing countries that are not poor but not middle class either. We define them as the … Continue reading
Serious threat to Asian Economic Model
Martin Khor – The Western countries are increasingly attacking the Asian model, claiming that state-owned companies or state-aided commercial firms have an unfair advantage vis-à-vis the foreign firms competing with them…Of … Continue reading
