Between the social, political, and economic upheavals affecting our lives, and the violence and forced displacement making headlines, you’d be forgiven for feeling gloomy about 2016. A look at the…

بين الاضطرابات الاجتماعية والسياسية والاقتصادية التي تُؤثِّر في معيشتنا، وويلات العنف والنزوح القسري التي تصدَّرت العناوين الرئيسية في وسائل الإعلام، قد يكون المرء معذورا إن أحْسَّ بالاكتئاب والغم…

Building earthquake-resistant housing in Peru. Photo: USAID/OFDA, Auriana Koutnik/Flickr When a hurricane, earthquake or other natural disaster strikes a poor country, families too often suffer a…

Photo: Pierre-Yves Babelon/Shutterstock In an effort to harness the benefits of urbanization and improve the living conditions of the urban poor, Latin American countries have experimented with…