By Amal Ghazalein Edited by Muhammad Hani Ahsan and Katie Farrell Graphic by Norie Wright and Arsh Naseer Introduction The year 2016 delivered a devastating blow to Democrats, defying all political predictions. Polls and surveys pre-maturely anticipated that Hillary Rodham Clinton would be the first female President of the United States, thwarting assumptions of a… Read more »
An organized and effective civil service is needed for the successful implementation of development programs but in most of the developing world, inefficiency in the public sector is a sad reality. For aid agencies interested in civil service reform, an examination of the MATT programs in Bangladesh provides worthwhile insights on how to achieve similar outcomes throughout the developing world.
In 2000, just after the war in Kosovo ended, City Planning Director Rexhep Luci was shot six times and killed for trying to stop illegal construction.