Community land trusts: a solution to our housing crisis?

By Dhiconomist August 19, 2021

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Providing adequate housing is an election pledge by all successive governments. And it’s a sensitive topic. It appeals to the emotion of the masses. Countless methods have been tried and still fails to cater for the ever increasing demand. Perhaps it’s time to shift focus for a

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Social Housing at current costs, a mirage?

By Dhiconomist August 9, 2018

There is perhaps no other issue that is at the forefront of our political and economic discourse than that of housing. A problem that we as a country have severely failed to address while it was clear for decades Male’ city was seeing an unprecedented rise in population. Now every political party has a grand […]

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Violent Extremism: Are We Addressing the Root Causes?

By Dhiconomist July 12, 2018

The attempted assassination of President Nasheed on May 6th was a tragic manifestation of a threat that has been brewing in the underbelly of Maldivian society for decades. A threat that has been steadily emerging from the fringes into the mainstream. The bombing rocked the capital city and was not only an attack on President […]