utilities

A growing number of urban areas around the world face water scarcity. Focusing on the prolonged drought that Cape Town experienced from 2015 to 2018, this column examines how adaptation shaped outcomes for the city’s residents and for its municipal w...

To what extent do the poorest rural households in sub-Saharan Africa benefit from residential electrification investments?

Ed Glaeser on why urbanisation is the best way to foster economic growth, and how cities should be planned.

Ed Gleaser on why urbanisation is the best way to foster economic growth, and how cities should be planned.