181-185 of 265 matching articles 5 20 100 All US leaving unfinished sewage system behind in Fallujah IRIN • 15 July 2010 A sewage treatment plant promised by the US to residents of Fallujah is being left unfinished as the military withdraw, with "not a single house connected to the system". We've got more than a century of infrastructure spending to catch up on Kerwin Datu • 19 April 2010 That the world's leaders have renewed their focus on infrastructure in recent years is a good thing. Whether they can retain that focus long enough to overcome centuries of neglect by colonial and independent leaders is another matter. Manila's slums brace for the typhoon season IRIN • 4 June 2010 Informal settlers have returned to the waterways and lakeside areas of Metro Manila since Typhoon Ketsana washed away thousands of homes last year. Zimbabwe's evicted slum dwellers still homeless after five years IRIN • 24 May 2010 Five years after Operation Murambatsvina cleared Zimbabwe's cities of its slum settlements and backyard shacks, thousands of evicted slum dwellers remain homeless, despite rehousing attempts by the government. Why being in the middle of nowhere is smarter than it used to be Robert Bell • 11 March 2014 Just as mass production moved into rural areas after its invention in cities, so too may high tech services move into the countryside as broadband spreads out into sparsely populated areas. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
