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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping support one another.

Propaganda

When autocrats cooperate against democracy

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by Dagmar Wolf
Shifts in international development cooperation were already evident at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meeting in April 2025.

World Bank

“We will always be the target of criticism”

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by Axel van Trotsenburg
by Eva-Maria Verfürth

Development financing

Bringing power to 300 million Africans by 2030

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by John Mubambe
The Bahamas are widely considered a tax haven.

Right-wing extremism

Global oligarchy, shrouded in secrecy

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by Hans Dembowski
Demonstrations against Elon Musk and his “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), which USAID has fallen victim to.

Development politics

Global voices on ending USAID, part 2

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by D+C / E+Z
In February, people demonstrated in front of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington against the government to support employees who had to vacate their offices.

Development politics

Global voices on ending USAID, part 1

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by D+C / E+Z
How much would investment need to grow to achieve the SDGs? This article is part of a focus section on development finance accompanied by a series of AI-generated images.

Financing for development

Facts and figures

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by Isah Shafiq
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro in November 2024, where Brazil proposed a global wealth tax.

Financial justice

A global minimum tax rate for the super-rich

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by André de Mello e Souza
As international inflation made wheat more expensive, many West Africans once more opted for cassava, which some consider to be a poor person’s food.

Agricultural research

Research needed on traditional African foods

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by Hans Dembowski
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