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The mayor helping police officers enforce a truck ban on the streets of his city.

Local government

Meet Mayor Erap, the former president

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by Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Manila

Dysfunctional complexity

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by Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles
by Hans Dembowski
Ultrasound exami­nation of a pregnant woman in Jamshedpur, India.

Gender relations

Aborted girls, trafficked women

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by Nilanjana Ray
Unable to cast their votes, angry citizens display identity cards in Bangkok.

Constitutional crisis

A role for civil society

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by Katja Dombrowski
Filipino web satire with Nazi leaders Goering and Himmler appreciating the National Bureau of Investigation as their agency

Internet

Putting a check on leaders

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by Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles
Internet cafés spread fast in the 1990s.

Expanding market

Business dimensions

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by Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles
Repairing a fish trap: most of the people living on the Tonle Sap Lake are fisherfolk.

Eco systems

Dangerous dams

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by Katja Dombrowski
The Asian Development Bank's Social Protection Index

Infrastructure

Not for everyone

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by Ipsita Sapra
Poverty in old age: Many senior citizens supplement their income as gardeners.

Social insurance

Modernity has arrived

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by Katja Dombrowski
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