Governance
Women’s health

Avoidable surgical interventions

India has too many unsafe abortions – and too many Caesarean sections

Women’s rights

International pressure for reform

El Salvador parliament debates change to the abortion law

Infrastructure

Plenty of rain, but no water

Despite heavy rains, there is not enough water for Zimbabwe’s citizens

Surrogate motherhood

Anonymity is problematic

Surrogate mothers have no rights if surrogacy is illegal

International financial institutions

Concern for the most vulnerable

New World Bank Framework puts poor people at risk of displacement and marginalisation, ignoring lessons of the past

Urban development

Once there was a lake

Land conflicts in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh

Registration matters

Land titles help to prevent conflict

Why land disputes have become a serious and persistent issue in Cambodia

Eminent scholar

Marked by displacement

Michael Cernea – a leading public intellectual from the World Bank

IDPs

Growing fears in Kinamba

Nine years after the post-election violence, Kenyan IDPs are still living in provisional settings

Inglorious empire – What the British did to India

Shashi Tharoor proves apologists of colonial rule wrong

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