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Many least developed countries are particularly threatened by the effects of climate change. Cyclone Pam left a trail of destruction when it ripped through the impoverished Pacific island state of Vanuatu in 2015.

Climate change

Loss and damage gets a boost

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by Ellen Thalman
Jim Yong Kim, World Bank president, and Christine Lagarde, IMF managing director, in Lima last year..

World economy

Cooperation beats confrontation

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by Hans Dembowski
China’s industrial policy was successful: a fibre glass factory in Ghuanzhou.

Relevant reading

Debate on industrial policy

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by Michael Grimm
Health care is one of many dimensions of poverty: medical service in a settlement near Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Poverty

Major breakthrough

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by Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
World Bank headquarters in Washington D.C.

Poverty

New poverty line better reflects reality

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by Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
Brazilian baby: Zika is suspected to hamper the growth of unborn babies’ brains.

Health care

Zika and pharma research

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by Christian Wagner-Ahlfs
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi.

Islam

Neglected heritage

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by Hans Dembowski

Russia and Saudi Arabia have a lot in common

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by Hans Dembowski
Roberto Azevêdo, WTO director-general, and Amina Mohamed, Kenya’s foreign minister, want to keep the show on the road.

Global governance

At a crossroads

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by Hans Dembowski
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