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An article exploring a curious animal – the megacity – and ways in which cities offer solutions to future challenges they themselves created. Skyscrapers, concrete, steel, smog, sewage, slums, traffic jams, crime, exclusion, broadband, wi-fi, gentrification, commuting, expats, fast-food, bio-markets, land-use planning, alienation, citizenship, identity. Sounds familiar? I am talking […]

Do migrants have an influence in changing their countries of origin? Yes they do. And how! A group of Central American photographers, architects and anthropologists made an investigation on how remittances influence the architecture of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Two hundred thirty photos were taken to houses in the […]

What better ways can African countries benefit from migration on the continent? Migration is the act or process of moving from one region or country to another usually in search of better human living standards. Migration is chiefly caused by war, natural disasters or economics. Africa is a large continent […]

According to recent surveys, every Latin American immigrant in the United States sends between $100 and $300 back home each month. This report highlights the remittance practices of Latin America and their role as a foreign currency source across the region. http://vimeo.com/6110914

In Tajikistan most rural inhabitants don’t have access to drinking water near their homes. This innovative project, initiated by UNDP and the European Commission’s ‘ECHO’ Programme, encourages Tajik migrant workers to earmark some of the money they earn abroad for the installation of drinking water facilities for their families back […]