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Sub-Saharan Africa

As a result of the colonial period, the majority of commercial farmers in Namibia are white. A policy for redistributing land to disadvantaged groups has not really worked out so far.

Colonial legacy

No land in sight

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by Henning Melber
Kenyan cut flower farm – rural businesses can become included even in global supply chains.

Rural development

Tangible goals

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by Ellen Thalman

Education

Hunger pushes children out of school

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by Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo
African economies are still geared to commodity exports: manganese-ore mine in Ghana.

Marshall Plan with Africa

Private sector as saviour?

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Because there is no plumbing in much of South Sudan, the drinking water must be brought to customers in tank trucks.

Water supply

Long-term structural development

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by Anke Peine
by Christian Grünhagen

Health care

Pay or die

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by Ibrahim Orèd'Ola Falola
Many people get their drinking water from the rivers.

Safe drinking water

Funding matters

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by Raphael Mweninguwe

Tribals

Scapegoating

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by Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo
Supplying fresh vegetables to urban people offers livelihood opportunities – for example in Nairobi.

Globalisation

Shaking up the rural world

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by Ellen Thalman
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