Saurabh Modi reviews the book ‘Land is a Big Deal: Why rent is too high, wages too low, and what we can do about it,’ and its proposal to levy a land value tax to make housing more affordable
South India’s resentment for northern states comes from losing control over resources due to population divergence and centralised government, as shown by Nilakantan RS in his new book ‘South vs North: India’s Great Divide
A key reason for poor governance in Indian cities is the lack of organised open data systems. This paper investigates the state of urban open data in India, analysing the different stakeholders and how to improve quality and accessibility of data.
In the piece for Devex, Sam Downes argues that cities in the global south need to placed at the centre of the climate agenda, or the global quest for decarbonisation may fall flat.