Technology, Knowledge and Global Health
Ursula Casabonne and Charles Kenny – The Best Things in Life are (Nearly) Free: Technology, Knowledge and Global Health In this paper, background to Kenny’s book Getting Better, the authors investigate the cross-country … Continue reading
Stricter Web Regulation in Southeast Asia
While Southeast Asian governments are enhancing the delivery of online services for the benefit of their citizens, they are also instituting tougher internet regulations which many analysts believe could be used to … Continue reading
The Cities Issue
This special issue dedicated to the cities of the future has its eye squarely toward China, because the cities of the future are increasingly going to be speaking Mandarin — … Continue reading
How Targeting Has Left out the Poor
Michael P. Canares – The study concluded that the poor in the cities in the periphery are sidelined by two different trends. On one hand, their needs and concerns are … Continue reading
New tool to track city prosperity
Claire Provost – The new city prosperity index will attempt to track progress across five key issues: productivity, infrastructure, quality of life, equity, and environmental sustainability. This should help urban … Continue reading
Women voters: courted – yes, respected – no?
Dahlia Martin – Women are a focal point in Malaysian politics today, with some recent discussion of their ability as voters to decide election outcomes. But this has not translated … Continue reading
Co-management and urban ecology
Marnie Graham and Henrik Ernstson – Co-management brings together resource users and fosters conflict-resolution and encourages stakeholder participation. That’s the rhetoric, at least. The reality is that co-management frequently involves long … Continue reading
Urban world: Cities and the rise of the consuming class
….600 cities making the largest contribution to a higher global GDP—the City 600—will generate nearly 65 percent of world economic growth by 2025. However, the most dramatic story within the … Continue reading
Reading Development 