We welcomed increasing regional cooperation under the U.S.-Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) in the areas of energy security, health, agriculture and food security, education, connectivity, environment and water, which significantly contributes to quality of life and capacity building among the Lower Mekong Basin countries, and supports ASEAN's aim of narrowing the development gap among its Member States and addressing the common challenges.

WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting

MeXvi seeks to improve the quality of life of the lower socioeconomic segment by making an aspirational long term asset, a house, available in a practical and affordable manner.

FORBES: MeXvi: Enabling Families To Have A Home

These policies have meant foreclosures, unemployment, downsizing, and a generally lower quality of life for most of us while the very rich enjoy a prosperity not seen since the Gilded Age.

FORBES: Occupy Wall Street And The Rhetoric of Equality

With investments in high-speed transportation and communication infrastructures, the creative class should be persuaded to return to the periphery to enjoy lower housing costs and a higher quality of life, and contribute to a local economy that can then provide sustainable services.

ECONOMIST: Letters