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Sustainability
Food security

Less hunger, but more health hazards

Hunger has decreased in the Asia-Pacific region, but there are new concerns about food security

Higher education

The people want to learn

Why many Brazilian students choose to go to night school after work

Nowadays

Hard life in rural Benin

Life in rural Benin is incredibly hard – but the ‘Hunger Project’ intends to improve the conditions

Solar energy

Light and dark

Solar markets are growing fast in Burkina Faso, but much remains to be done to tap their full potential

Economic policy

Stuck in informal employment

Prominent Indian economists emphasise indispensability of growth in new book on development policy

Agriculture

Valuable farmland

IFPRI and ZEF: The politics and economics of land degradation

Water

Fleeing drought

Climate change: In Nepal, entire villages must relocate because water scarcity is getting worse

Water

Dormant knowledge

Islamic norms would serve prudent water management – if the links were made

Sustainable tourism

The real cost

Tourism benefits many developing countries – but not necessarily the poor and the environment

Forest

Endangered world heritage

ÖNZ: The DRC government is considering oil production in national parks – even though that would mean great environmental damage

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