Social Return Ought to Be the Basis for Light Train Fare Adjusments 310.0
The recent decision on fare adjustments for the light rail trains seem to me a wrongful application of financial accounting on what is essentially a social service beyond mere transport. Light trains especially provide other intangible but measurable social return to the community that ought to be considered in the fare adjustments and in structuring [...]
Social Innovation and Infrastructure in an Emerging Market 174.0
Fiesta and infra are muscle and bone of the Philippine body politic On the way back from a conference in Tagaytay on Thursday, I took a wrong turn and luckily ended up at the fiesta celebration and Karakol procession at Paligawan, Silang in Cavite. Fiesta. Critics have charged fiestas as wasteful. Yet, as with Ben [...]
