Collaboration in informal settlements: tackling flooding with a local perspective
In most developing countries, solid waste management is a significant challenge, especially in urban slums and other informal settlements.
Giving a voice to the urban poor: the scavengers of Cochabamba
For Bolivia’s urban poor, it’s vital to adopt "survival strategies” to provide supplemental income that makes up for precarious and low wages.
Scaling Science
A new model for optimizing the impact of research and innovation
Courts — not kinship — offer greater opportunity for South Asian entrepreneurs
Women and people from marginalized populations need well-functioning courts to realize their potential, research in Bangladesh and India has found.
Addressing maternal and child health in fragile contexts
Creative solutions can overcome barriers to access to health services in fragile contexts.
When the brain hits the right notes
Can music make us better at math? An Israeli-Canadian research team is trying to find out.
Research findings are catalyst to nationwide HIV prevention trial in Botswana
New research into HIV prevention has led to a groundbreaking national trial for HIV prevention in Botswana.
Studying deaths can save lives
Knowing what is killing mothers and children in Ethiopia is vital — it will help save lives by ensuring that public health money is spent wisely.
Blockchain
Unpacking the disruptive potential of blockchain technology for human development.
Take heart in an initiative aiming to bring universal healthcare to Pakistan
Heartfile has developed an innovative model of health financing that enrolls primarily public sector health facilities.