Abstract: Growth vs. Sustainability? Inclusive growth? These questions are actual future challenges. No one denies that. Yet here I suggest another way of reading those questions, of raising other questions and see deeper so that we can visualize what is actually at stake: human beings. Don’t mind me, I am […]

Abstract: In Colombia when women leave the country to get to the cities, they don’t necessarily do it by choice, or because they are poor. They leave their houses, their lands and their communities in order to save their lives and their children’s, to escape from violence and forced recruitment. In […]

When governments speak of austerity measures, it seems that they do so without really understanding how these policies affect the general  population, and what these cuts mean for people’s lives. If I could have one wish granted, it would be for politicians born with silver spoons in their mouths to […]

 This article was originally drafted by Fernando Prada and the FORO Nacional Internacional as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Rural areas in South America harbor the most endemic forms of poverty. During the last decade, economic growth, combined with improved connectivity and targeted social […]

(Fotos familiares del autor de este texto. Puede hacer click en cada una para verlas en tamaño grande). Abstract: Many Colombians, motivated by different reasons, have migrated to the United States in recent years. In my family’s case, the decision to migrate led to a long separation, and an emotional […]