Economic inequality has been a popular topic for analysis, commentary and political debate. Recent data have elicited yet more concern. The top 1 per cent of the world’s wealthy individuals now own more than the…
China and India are experiencing rapid urbanisation, with rural-to-urban migration occurring at historically unprecedented rates. City planning and economic policy have struggled to keep pace with this demographic shift, and global economic competition may force…
Booming urbanization, combined with technology’s seemingly boundless potential, is triggering predictions of smart cities as an urban techno-utopia. Marketing this vision skips straight to dessert; the mechanics of service coordination bore the public, but images…
Can Chinese residential property investors be as enthusiastic about Southeast Asia as they have about the West? And if so, what are the implications for disadvantaged urban dwellers? Progressive governments that anticipate these trends and…
Despite handwringing by political progressives about the PAP’s landslide victory in the 2015 general election, social change is inevitable – and it may even originate within Singapore’s proudest policy arena: the economy. If the knowledge…
People now have higher expectations for living standards, particularly for their children. Modi’s visit to Silicon Valley is evidence that the government is committed to building the country’s global image. However, India first must sell its…
Many in Asia have escaped poverty, but capital continues to flow disproportionately to the tiny elite. The top 1 per cent now own 50.4 per cent of global wealth; that is, 1 per cent of…
With the spread of democratization, these systems are now under increasing pressure to accommodate multiple stakeholders in both policy development and service delivery. The polycentricity literature has been used to examine collective action within certain…
Polycentric governance is characterized by an organizational structure where multiple independent actors mutually order their relationships with one another under a general system of rules (V. Ostrom 1972). We argue that the idea of polycentricity…
The national economic and housing crisis has ravished communities all across the United States. This crisis continues to impact millions of people at all levels from those who are spending less on household items or…
