Saturday, December 28, 2024

‘Living proof that you can spend money on the poor’: Utopia comes to Mexico City

About 21,000 people use the 15 utopias each day. The hope is that by transforming the lives of strategic populations, particularly women who are the backbone of communities, the changes will ripple out across neighbourhoods. 

James Anderson, head of government innovation at Bloomberg Philanthropies, which supports the project, says: "The utopias are not only extraordinary in their scale and breadth, they flip on its head this idea that poor people don't deserve excellent services."…

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/27/mexico-city-utopias-project-mayor


 

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