Public school teachers in Brazil, Indonesia or Peru have stable jobs, enjoy high level of legal protection, and are part of teacher unions that shield them politically. Public school teachers in…

Les enseignants des écoles publiques du Brésil, de l’Indonésie ou du Pérou ont des emplois stables, bénéficient d’une bonne protection juridique et font partie de syndicats d’enseignants qui les…

A young woman waits at a bus terminal in Brazil. Photo: WRI Brasil/FlickrThe global transport conversation increasingly recognizes that men and women have different mobility patterns, and that…

   إن موارد المياه الجوفية تنضب بوتيرة سريعة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، وإذا استمر نهج بقاء الأمور على حالها في استغلال هذه الموارد الشحيحة، فمن المتوقع أن تتلاشى خلال ما يقرب من 30 عاما…

  Groundwater is fast disappearing in the Middle East and North Africa region. Under a business-as-usual approach to the use of these scarce resources, it is estimated that they will be gone in…

  Au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord, l’épuisement des nappes phréatiques est rapide. Si les modes d’exploitation de ces ressources toujours plus rares demeurent inchangés, elles pourraient…

In 2002, Sao Paulo’s embarked in one of the most transformative transport projects of the decade: the construction of Metro Line 4. The new line had big ambitions: it was meant to significantly…

Angela, on the far left and dressed in red, is a small-holder farmer and entrepreneur in Brazil. She started a banana business that expanded to packed lunches for truckers, college students, and…

Photo: Diego Torres Sivlestre/Flickr São Paulo is home to 20.7 million residents, making it the biggest city in the Southern Hemisphere. Commuting in this bustling Brazilian city is a serious…

Isabel de Saint Malo, vice-presidente do Panamá.