Despite the vast wealth generated in the last half century, in today’s world inequality is worsening and poverty is becoming increasingly chronic. Hundreds of millions of people continue to live on less than

Globalization is the set of processes that connect societies, while fragmenting and transcending the social structures it confronts. This article advances four central arguments. First, the uncertainties in the pace and trajectory of contemporary processes of globalization are very large....

type="main" <p>Sub-Saharan African cities have been growing at historically unprecedented rates. Since the early 1970s, they have received considerable international assistance, involving a succession of major thematic objectives. The main agency involved in urban assistance has been the World...</p>