Political Settlements, Elite Pacts, and Governments of National Unity
Edward Laws – How should political settlements be defined and understood? How should elite pacts and governments of national unity (GNUs) be defined and understood? The concept of the ‘political … Continue reading
Manila’s poor, bridging service gaps and strengthening mental resilience
This issue of the Asian Trends Monitoring (ATM) Bulletin looks into service delivery for the urban poor in Manila. We highlight the challenges of providing a network of functioning services … Continue reading
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
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