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The Ghost of Artemio Cruz
Written by Samuel George
The Mexico of Artemio Cruz was supposed to be dead. The Mexico of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI); of corrupt and cynical insiders such as Carlos Fuentes’ fictional character was supposed to have ended with the advent of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994, or perhaps with the […]
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Our 2nd Future Challenges Reader is published: The New City
Written by Mario Wiedemann
A few weeks ago we published the first in a series of Future Challenges Readers. Now it’s time for volume 2. In “The New City” we go on a hunt for ideas that are helping cities worldwide manage their growing populations. From Masdar City near Abu Dhabi to Toronto, Canada, cities […]
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Improving the healthcare system in Moldova
Written by icostachi
Global healthcare spending has increased faster than global economic growth. This faster pace of growth is due to the lack of effective economic and health policy-making but is also driven by the global economic crisis and the growing number of people using health services. When it comes to healthcare, all […]
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Emergency care in Bulgaria needs serious defibrillation
Written by Nikoleta Popkostadinova
“My mom called me in the middle of the day and said that I should come home immediately because some strangers had brought my father back after he collapsed in the street,” a very close friend told me. “So I took a taxi. When I arrived home, my older sister […]
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Borracho sí, fumador no
Written by vlemus
Abstract: Salvadoran society doesn’t have any problem with heavy drinking but is quite severe with tobacco consumption. Why is it that the country with most alcohol-related deaths worldwide celebrates alcohol consumption yet is quite intolerant with smokers? Regulations and special taxes on both tobacco and liquor consumption are currently standing, […]
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Waking up to the Future, Today: The Growing Political Consciousness of Bhutanese Youth
Written by Manny Fassihi
Bhutan joined the growing number of democratic countries in the world in 2008 when the nation completed its first national elections and the signing of the Constitution. Five years after this historic transition, Bhutan is a young democracy. But Bhutan is not just a young democracy. It’s a democracy full […]
