Paratransit plays a pivotal role in many cities across the Global South, often serving as the primary public transport option.

By leveraging the right actions, decision-makers and practitioners can implement paratransit reforms agreeable to all stakeholders and build a sustainable and inclusive mobility system.

Over the last two decades, the United States has supported a range of militias, rebels, and other armed groups in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.

Critics have argued that such partnerships have many perils, from enabling human rights abuses to seeding future threats.

Is it possible to work with such forces but mitigate some of these risks?