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First and foremost, what solving water governance issues requires is a proper feeling for scale. As the example of Slovakia, a country particularly rich in water resources, shows, solutions that are too grand or too local can be equally costly and result in failure. Small country, big differences Záhorie (“the […]

This article was originally drafted by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy for Issue 14 of the newsletter “Asian Trends Monitoring Bulletin” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. “Without aidha, I would not have achieved the goals for my […]

“Justice, land and freedom”, a famous saying went during the Mexican Revolution. Today, Mexico’s land represents more than simply a percent of GDP; Mexico’s land has been for centuries a symbol of its culture and identity. Unfortunately, the poor management and constant degradation of this precious resource may one day […]

While oil may be a cause of corruption and unaccountable government in many countries, Norway has been able set aside its resource  wealth to invest in the country’s future. Norway has struck oil yet again, and each time there is a major oil discovery in Norway, the population is set to […]

Ethiopia is Africa’s biggest aid recipient, and one of Africa’s most food-insecure nations. Simultaneously, Ethiopia is one of most militarized nations on the continent, with a history of both internal and external uses of force. More recently, the forcible resettlement of semi-nomadic groups in the western Gambella region has troubling […]