In brief

Relevant reading

The Middle East and the challenge to the west

Bilateral lending

Understanding Chinese development loans

Relevant reading

Singapore’s clever approach to public housing

KfW

KfW promotes energy-efficient new buildings in Mexico

Urban development

Why real-estate prices are rising fast in Istanbul

Urbanisation

Stages of improving neglected communities’ lives

Social media

Increasingly manipulated forum

Urban lives

My family succeeded in leaving dismal informal housing

Health

Medical myths may be deadly – in Zambia, for instance