During my visit to the Philippines in early August, I noticed very many differences between the lives of the poor in Asia, the Caribbean and Europe. Growing up, I had always found it very difficult to understand the widely different lives people led. Of course, as you grow older you […]

Manila needs to optimize urban design, one that uses sustainable development as a tool to address the needs of the people.  In this city that was once torn by wars, there should be space for in-city relocation and revitalized waterways. There should be space for better life.

This article was originally drafted by Dr. Apiwat Ratanawaraha and Noviscape for the newsletter “Trendnovation Southeast” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Deliberate industrial agglomeration has been part of industrial policy in Southeast Asia since the 1970s. There are currently more than 200 industrial parks in […]

This article was originally drafted by Colonel Dr. Teeranan Nandhakwang and Noviscape for the newsletter “Trendnovation Southeast” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. An Invisible Threat: A Shift towards Non-Traditional Security Telecommunication and the internet can facilitate communication across time and space. The world already […]

This article was originally drafted by Rob Jamieson and Indochina Research for the newsletter “I-Light” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. In the past three years, up to 25,000 young Cambodian women have migrated to Malaysia in pursuit of better paid employment as domestic workers. The […]