Urban Development

It takes me just a few minutes to get to my office roughly two kilometers away. Before the Skytrain came along, the very same journey could take anywhere between 15-45 minutes. At 2:30 p.m. on a…

During the Martial Law years in the Philippines (1970s to early 1980s), there was a story widely shared (discreetly) about a popular TV variety show host who was made to ride the bicycle all day…

The 2006 earthquake killed Tito Judi's adopted son and destroyed his house. He feels the cheerful colors of his new home help to lift his spirits. On an early morning in 2006, an earthquake…

With Maria Blair, Associate Vice President of the Rockefeller Foundation Photo: © Jonas Bendiksen, courtesy of the Rockefeller Foundation We read Nicholas Stern’s blog post, “Low-Carbon Growth:…

Emerging from such a difficult history and sustaining double-digit growth continues to drive Cambodia quickly past many crossroads.