New 11/02/2021 – by Christoph Hoffmann Reform-oriented Côte d’Ivoire has come to a standstill Read full article
03/02/2021 – by Mireille Kanyange Burundi’s diaspora and its remittances are largely unknown Read full article
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Climate protection 04/02/2021 – by Katja Dombrowski UNEP sees climate opportunities in pandemic-related stimulus Carbon emissions have gone down because of Covid-19, but that is no real transformation Read
Relevant reading 02/02/2021 – by Dagmar Wolf The Middle East and the challenge to the west French scholar wants western governments to reconsider approach to MENA region Read
Bilateral lending 19/01/2021 – by Claudia Isabel Rittel Understanding Chinese development loans Chinese agencies’ responsibilities are more transparent than generally assumed Read
Relevant reading 17/01/2021 – by Katja Dombrowski Singapore’s clever approach to public housing Why UN-Habitat praises Singapore in its latest issue of its "Housing Practice Series" Read
KfW 13/01/2021 – by Sanna Stockstrom, Matthias Zilbauer KfW promotes energy-efficient new buildings in Mexico The “EcoCasa” project offers financial incentives and technical support to help real estate developers boost energy efficiency Read
Urban development 08/01/2021 – by Sarah C. Schreiner Why real-estate prices are rising fast in Istanbul For the most part, Istanbul’s city council is giving real-estate developers free rein Read
Urbanisation 06/01/2021 – by Diana Mitlin, David Satterthwaite Stages of improving neglected communities’ lives There are many dimensions to upgrading an informal settlement, so improvement programmes operate at several levels Read
Social media 01/01/2021 – by Alan C. Robles Increasingly manipulated forum Online trolls’ disinformation is undermining Philippine democracy Read
Urban lives 30/12/2020 – by Rahman Abbas My family succeeded in leaving dismal informal housing Childhood in a Mumbai slum Read
Health 27/12/2020 – by Derrick Silimina Medical myths may be deadly – in Zambia, for instance Zambia’s rise in dead-on-arrival cases may result from misconceptions about Covid-19 Read
