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Infrastructure for development

from the Guardian global development professionals network

17 May 2017

  • Food sculptures are placed on the table ahead a welcome banquet for the Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on May 14, 2017. China touted its new Silk Road as “a project of the century” at a summit highlighting its growing leadership on globalisation, but a North Korean missile test threatened to overshadow the event. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / WU HONGWU HONG/AFP/Getty Images

    The west is mired in 'soft' development. China is trying the 'hard' stuff

    Branko Milanovic
    The massive One Belt One Road project harkens back to a pre-Washington-consensus when rich countries built bridges rather than soft power

22 December 2016

  • train carriage Ethiopia

    The new scramble for Africa: how China became the partner of choice

  • Valdinei lays bricks on a three-storey home in Santo André favela, São Paulo, Brazil, August 2016.

    Five ways to plan the cities of the future

24 November 2016

  • Peak hour traffic on Tom Mboya Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya<br>EH999X Peak hour traffic on Tom Mboya Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya

    Why does it still take so long to drive across Africa?

    Tunde Kehinde
    If we want the continent to prosper, we must invest more in roads and logistics to move people and goods across borders more easily

21 November 2016

  • The “La Merced” church, in the historical centre of Quito, is illuminated during a light show held in the framework of the United Nations’ Habitat III Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, on October 18, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Juan CEVALLOSJUAN CEVALLOS/AFP/Getty Images

    Live Q&A: How shall we plan the cities of the future?

    What do we need to do to build the cities of the future? Join an expert panel on Thursday 24 November, 2-3.30pm GMT, to discuss

13 October 2016

  • A woman speaks on the phone as she stands near the open doorway of a women-only train while travelling in Mumbai

    Why aren’t we designing cities that work for women, not just men?

    Andrew Fleming and Anja Tranovich
    Bad town planning can impact women’s safety, movement and even income. Research led by the people most affected should inform a new approach

28 September 2016

  • Houses in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Four myths about slums: 'Don't assume people want to leave'

  • Inmates sleep inside their cell in San Pedro Sula central corrections facility, Honduras

    Architecture and prisons: why design matters

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