Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 7/2021

Middle-class prosperity

Chronic diseases

Brazil’s health-care challenges

With chronic diseases on the rise, Brazil’s health-care headaches extend beyond the Coronavirus

Personal prospects

Many Nigerians seek greener pastures abroad

The big issue in Africa’s most populous country is worsening poverty

Relevant reading

Progress undone by pandemic

International reports show that Covid-19 has interrupted middle-class growth and exacerbated poverty

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Social mobility

How to spot members of Nepal’s middle class

Nepal’s middle class is growing, but slower GDP growth threatens its progress

Planetary boundaries

Consumerism is unsustainable

Why other world regions must not copy western consumption patterns

Social stratification

Myths of middle class dynamism

Africa does not have a homogenous, progressive and fast growing middle class

Income inequality

Why Africa lacks a robust middle class

African countries need major reforms for their middle classes to grow

Our view

Foundations of broad-based prosperity

How the middle class matters in a country’s development

Recession

Growing dependence on Benin’s informal sector

In Cotonou and Porto Novo, economic slump has hit middle class hard

Growing prosperity

Middle-class lifestyles start with $ 10 per person and day

The middle class is expanding, particularly in developing countries

Social stratification

“The promise of well-paid, secure jobs did not come true”

Oxfam strategist Duncan Green explains why the economic paradigm seems to be shifting internationally