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Africa’s metropolitan middle class has similar consumer demand as its counterpart in industrial countries: fashion show in Lagos.

Government guarantees

New strategy for Africa

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by Christoph Kannengießer
Coastal fishermen: Mozambique is still quite poor.

Foreign trade

Mozambique’s foreign trade weakness

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by Friedrich Kaufmann
by Winfried Borowczak
Poor infrastructure means logistical problems for business.

Foreign trade

A matter of power and interest

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by Friedrich Kaufmann
by Winfried Borowczak
Supporters of Benazir Bhutto after she was murdered shortly before the 2008 general elections.

Governance

Difficult setting

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by Afshan Subohi
Tannery worker in Lahore.

Growth strategy

Incoherent policymaking

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by Afshan Subohi
Regional integration versus world market competition: two of Tanzania’s favourite beer brands (Serengeti and Tusker) belong to a Kenyan parent company EABL, while two others (Kilmanjaro and Safari) belong to the global giant SAB Miller. All are produced in the East African Community.

Regional integration

Africa’s bewildering spaghetti bowl

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by Alfred R. Bizoza
by Eugenia Kayitesi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking at a PR event in Mumbai.

Economic policy

Bypassing the poor

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak
Beximco textile factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, produces Jeans for export for western discounter

Editorial

Rough path

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by Hans Dembowski
Gerd Müller visiting a garment factory in Cambodia.

Sustainability

From free trade to fair trade

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by Gerd Müller
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