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In brief
Digital communication

Web access for women

Intel wants to see more women from developing countries use the internet

Water

Fleeing drought

Climate change: In Nepal, entire villages must relocate because water scarcity is getting worse

Sustainable tourism

The real cost

Tourism benefits many developing countries – but not necessarily the poor and the environment

Local government

Water investments in Peru

The Inter-American Development Bank assesses the flaws of participatory budgeting in Peru’s water sector

Debt relief

Historical model

Debt report by German NGOs reconsiders West German past and assesses current risks in developing world

International civil society

Five principles

Civil-society organisations from around the world demand UN development agenda with more bite

Energy

Low-cost climate protection

Asian Development Bank suggests introducing carbon taxes in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and says climate protection need not thwart growth.

Military

Weapons in areas of conflict

Two years after the revolutions – western arms for the countries of the Arab Spring

Land grabbing

Damaging investments

Oxfam warns of increasing land grabbing and wants the World Bank to halt investments

Health care

“Silent Murder”

Medicines are too expensive for poor people in developing countries, but local production could make a difference

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Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.