This week the 2014 World Cup kicks off in Brazil. Rear Vision looks at the largest economy in Latin America and its attempt to deal with poverty and income disparity. Brazil is Latin America’s largest country with a population of around 200 million. Although the government claims that 35 million Brazilians have escaped poverty over...

This report examines social enterprise and community economic development in New Zealand. Executive Summary This report is the outcome of a comprehensive research process that includes interviews with 97 social enterprise and community economic development (CED) practitioners and five focus groups. The interviewed practitioners operate in cities, small towns and rural areas from around New...

The City of Yarra is renowned for its dynamic night life spread across a number of precincts, principally Collingwood and Fitzroy (Smith, Gertrude, Brunswick and Johnston Streets) and Richmond (Victoria, Church and Swan Streets and Bridge Road). In addition at night, activities such as leisure and recreation, libraries, parks, sports and arts operate.

Summary: This paper provides a Pacific context for conceptualizing the Post-2015 Development Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals from the vantage point of Pacific women. It looks critically at the MDGs and the current policy agendas of Pacific Island states, discusses economic and social realities in the region, and incorporates some of the concerns expressed by...

Provides an understanding of the motivators for the evolution of panels in the development assessment process in New South Wales. Executive Summary There has been a recognition nationally of the importance of planning to the economy in general, and particularly to housing supply, and hence the importance of improving the efficiency of the development application...