global development

62 billionaires own as much wealth as nearly 50% of the global population

Since the establishment of the UN Millennium Development Goals in 2000, progress has been sporadic. While the global...

[gallery_extend] The curatorial rationale for Scarcity Waste states: "In a world of limited resources,...

A new UN paper reveals that excess salt in the soil has destroyed 20 percent of all irrigated land worldwide...

The ambitious, multibillion dollar solar power project Desertec has been abandoned by all but three of its shareholders...

People around the world are moving to urban areas in record numbers - and for the first time ever there's more...

[gallery_extend] Anthropocene is a term used to describe the era in which modern man has made an impact...

Water, hygiene, and transportation are constant challenges for developing nations like India, and women often shoulder...

[gallery_extend] Serving the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior, Salima Naji has ambitiously untaken...

[gallery_extend] The facades of the buildings in the Shanghai Hongqiao Airport business district are...

[gallery_extend] Not only is HUM Central Haiti’s first-ever teaching hospital, it is the largest hospital...

[gallery_extend] In the Sping of 2012, designer Anssi Kankkunen and earth-builder biologist Vittorio...

We live in a world where it's clear that traditional humanitarian aid creates dependency rather than sustainable...

[gallery_extend] Eco-City will make use of the latest sustainable technologies such as solar power,...

The Rak Jebel Al Jais Mountain Resort is a new master planned tourist village in the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah...

As populations in developing nations increase alongside global pollution and the spread of water-borne illnesses,...