Development and
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Social protection

Financing health systems for informal workers

Many informal workers cannot afford to pay cost-covering contributions, so cross-subsidisation is often needed

Lobbying

Nairobi-based business lobby issues pre-election manifesto

What the Kenya Association of Manufacturers wants the next government to do

Used clothing

Nobody gains from cheap clothing

Expert explains why exporting used clothing from Germany to Africa is not unethical

World Risk Index 2021

Small island states and Africa are particularly vulnerable

African societies are the most vulnerable when disasters strike

Coronavirus

Unresolved vaccine issues

African mRNA vaccine production may yet face hurdles because of intellectual-property rights Webheadline: Coronavirus: unresolved vaccine issues

Traditional health care

Escaping the curse of childlessness

Traditional approaches to overcoming infertility in Nigeria

Al-Sisi regime

How Cairo spies on regime critics online

Egyptian regime uses spyware against critics – some of it bought from European companies.

Civil liberties

Duterte’s dreadful human-rights record

Human-rights abuses and extrajudicial killings have become common in the Philippines

Transformation to sustainbility

New mindset needed

How to make transformation happen

Outdated paradigms

Shaping a common sustainable future

In view of environmental crisis, political economist wants economic activity, growth and consumption to be reconsidered

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Sustainability

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