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Fishermen in Mexican town protest development of new resort

By Nina Feldman

July 29, 2016

Fishermen from the Punta Lobos fishing cooperative filet their morning catch on the beach. — Nina Feldman

The resort has permits to build more than 4,000 new homes.

POSTED IN: Mexico resort development

World Economic Forum looks to tech for African growth

By Kimberly Adams

May 11, 2016

Digital tech is spurring development in sub-Saharan Africa, but there could also be some drawbacks. — SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images

Experts gather in Rwanda's capital to discuss how tech can spur Africa's economy.

POSTED IN: Africa World Economic Forum development

How early environments contribute to later success

By Caitlin Esch

December 22, 2015

The study, which began 40 years ago, is the first of its kind to collect data on participants before they were born. — Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Children raised in predictable — though poor — environments do better as adults.

POSTED IN: early childhood education brain development

The UN's 17 goals for the next 15 years

By Lizzie O'Leary and Raghu Manavalan

September 25, 2015

Activists stand on the Millennium bridge in London to demand action on poverty, inequality and climate change on September 24, 2015 on the eve of a United Nations summit tomorrow on sustainable development. — LEON NEAL,LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images

The Sustainable Development summit's aim is to end poverty.

POSTED IN: United Nations development

Socioeconomic status could be affecting childrens' brains

September 03, 2015

Elizabeth Sowell, a neuroscientist at Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles, points to a chart comparing family income and brain surface area. — Noel King

A large-scale study shows a link between parental income and a child's brain size.

POSTED IN: socioeconomic factors brain development Wage gap

A look at how you're doing based on where you vote

By David Brancaccio

April 22, 2015

A child peeks out of the voting booth while his mother votes on March 20, 2012 at polling station in Metamora, Illinois. — DON EMMERT/Getty Images

A breakdown of well-being by congressional district.

POSTED IN: congressional district index human development index

Public-private partnerships seeing funds cut back

By Adam Allington

April 07, 2015

Phoenix, Arizona, was hit hard during the housing crash. — David McNew/Getty Images

The partnerships have an increased share of responsibility with decreased funding.

POSTED IN: affordable housing public-private partnership department of housing and urban development

In Vietnam, a cemetery kicks out the living

By Christopher Johnson

March 12, 2015

A woman and child ride a bike through the Binh Hung Hoa cemetery in Vietnam. — Quinn Mattingly/Flickr

Hundreds of people live in a Ho Chi Minh City graveyard taken 0ver by the city

POSTED IN: Vietnam cemeteries urban development

In shale country, a boom in quiet

By Joanna Richards

March 06, 2015

John Schniegenberg, principal engineer for Dominion East Ohio, at one of the company’s gas compressor stations outside Canton, Ohio. — Joanna Richards/Ideastream/Marketplace

Businesses that help dampen the noise from oil and gas development are thriving.

POSTED IN: fracking oil and gas development noise