Urban Development

Workers scale one of the skyscrapers under construction in Cambodia. Last Sunday, more than 8 millions Cambodians were called to vote. This is already the fourth general elections since the 1991…

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China is emerging as a major financer of infrastructure projects in Africa, as documented in Building Bridges, a report released this week by the World Bank.  This is a very welcome development…

Regular bloggers David Dollar and Louis Kuijs participated earlier today in a live online discussion on the World Bank site about the latest edition of the

Approaching the mountains from the Chengdu plain along the main road to Beichuan County, red banners with large white characters expressing support for the earthquake victims and thanks to the…