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In brief
News

Transition of power in Libya

In brief September 2012

NATO

Silent withdrawal

France is speeding up military withdrawal from Afghanistan

Regional cooperation

SADC Tribunal degraded

SADC leaders degrade the regional organisation's Tribunal

Donor government

BRICS without mortar

International development arena: BRICS lack mortar

German policy

New strategy for tackling corruption

Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development publishes new anti-corroption strategy

Print edition

Contents July/August issue

D+C/E+Z: Contents page of July/August's print edition with links to all contributions

West Africa

Parents’ wishes

In Francophone Africa, state schools often serve neither social needs nor cultural values

Private sector

“Manageable risks”

Productivity in many emergent countries is hampered by poor infrastructure and private investment would help

Natural resources

“Bargain sale” hurts indigenous people

The sale of rights to natural resources undermines the livelihoods of Honduras' Indigenous communities

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