Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Say It! Look @: A Virtual Youth Commons for Sri Lanka

Iresha Dilhani from the remote village of Mahavillachchiya in North  Central Sri Lanka is one of the beneficiaries of taking Internet into rural areas in Sri Lanka.  She works in her parents mud…

Chulie De Silva|
Education, Digital Development, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Moving Towards Fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh

In 2000, 192 countries and 23 international organizations agreed to work towards fulfilling the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. Although progress has been uneven between regions…

Joe Qian|
Gender, Education, Health, Poverty, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Africa and the Millennium Development Goals

At a recent DFID conference on the Millennium Development Goals, I argued that Africa can meet the MDGs, if not by 2015 then soon thereafter. Here is why: 1. Although most African countries are…

Shanta Devarajan|
Education, Gender, Health, Poverty, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Building Local Institutions to Manage Resettlement Programs for Infrastructure Development

I moved to Bangladesh 3 years ago with a lot of excitement as I considered it a sort of mini-laboratory for development theory and practice. My task was to oversee the Bangladesh portfolio from a…

Fabio Pittaluga|
Education, Governance, Urban Development, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Can Local Actions Contribute to Climate and Disaster Risk Management?

Climate change is real and likely to drive increasingly dramatic changes in our environment. While ecosystems and disease dispersion may be affected, some of the greatest impacts are anticipated…

Darshani De Silva|
Agriculture and Food, Environment, Education, Health, Social Sustainability and Inclusion
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