Leave no one behind: the real bottom billion
As the Millennium Development Goals draw to a close, and their replacement, the Sustainable Development Goals, are agreed by UN governments, close to a billion people remain in extreme poverty, … Continue reading
Transforming cities for sustainability: facts and figures
Architects, engineers, urban planners, civil society and policy makers face the challenges of creating sustainable, healthy, ‘smart’, ‘green’, adaptive, inclusive, productive, safe, flexible and resilient cities. These are just a … Continue reading
Without Architects, Smart Cities Just Aren’t Smart
Arguably the biggest buzzword in urbanism right now is the ‘Smart City’. The idea, although certainly inclusive of eco-friendly practices, has even replaced “sustainability” as the major intent of cities … Continue reading
Union power and inequality
Inequality in advanced economies has risen considerably since the 1980s, largely driven by the increase of top earners’ income shares. This column revisits the drivers of inequality, emphasising the role … Continue reading
Cities, Violence and Order
A series of blogs that explores what the challenges of security provision in cities might look like in 2040; and how development policy and practice might preemptively respond to these challenges … Continue reading
Leaving no one behind: the impact of pro-poor growth
Across the world the gap between the rich and the poor is widening, and the current focus on relative inequality fails to address the issue. Over the past 30 years, … Continue reading
Can Urban Planning Solve the Health Problems That Poverty Causes?
Stanford physician and public health researcher Rita Hamad is researching how to improve health and reduce poverty worldwide. Based on her previous research on microfinance in Peru and South Africa, … Continue reading
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