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Image by David Amen, inspired by the favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

Urban life

Cities have many faces

For this edition, we asked ourselves what makes a city liveable. Many of the problems faced by Nairobi – and the ways they are being tackled – are typical of big cities in the Global South. Let’s go and explore.

by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

13.02.2026

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Staff of agricultural insurer Pula update details of a farmer in Kenya, 2021.

Digitalisation

Marketing digital microinsurance

by Dirk Reinhard

06.05.2022

Farmers need protection against climate risks: Harvesting rice in Bangladesh.

Finance

Inclusive insurance for everyone

by Dirk Reinhard

05.05.2022

A pastoralist stands among goats and sheep that presumably died of exposure to extreme weather in Kenya, 2022.

Informal sector

Social protection for everyone

by Markus Loewe

04.05.2022

Fewer people can afford “boda boda” rides on commercial motorcycles.

Inflation

Ugandan government sees inflation as external shock

by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

02.05.2022

Natural disasters like this flood in Sudan in 2020 contribute to countries’ over-indebtedness.

National debt

Can debt relief help countries achieve climate goals?

by Malina Stutz

01.05.2022

Garments production

Clothing must get more value again

by Sabine Balk

28.04.2022

Used clothing

Nobody gains from cheap clothing

by Thomas Fischer

by Sabine Balk

27.04.2022

Drought in Chimanimani in eastern Zimbabwe: The region is severely affected by climate change.

World Risk Index 2021

Small island states and Africa are particularly vulnerable

by Monika Hellstern

26.04.2022

Risk prevention: seed bank in the south Indian state of Karnataka.

World Risk Report 2021

Social protection for disaster preparedness

by Monika Hellstern

24.04.2022

DBL Group

“We are growing dynamically”

by M. A. Jabbar

by Sabine Balk

22.04.2022