‘Manmohan Singh – Saviour or Sonia’s Poodle’ was the headline (changed later) in a British newspaper that commented on the Indian Prime Minister’s tenure that is increasingly seen as riddled with corruption, inefficiency and bureaucratic sloth. The Supreme Court has asked the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to halt […]

This article was originally drafted by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy for 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. Government agencies and other organizations concerned with poverty alleviation typically focus on physical and […]

This article was originally drafted by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy for Issue 15 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. Jakarta, taken from Istiqlal mosque Jakarta panoramic view around Medan Merdeka […]

This article was originally drafted by the Strategic Foresight Group for the newsletter “Asian Horizons” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. A mobile business school model has been conceived and run by a local NGO in Maharashtra, the Mann Deshi Foundation. […]

This article was originally drafted by the Strategic Foresight Group for the newsletter “Asian Horizons” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. There is a growing interest by the government and public institutions to participate in the micro-health insurance sector in Bangladesh. […]