Development and
Cooperation

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Biodiversity

Global warming and biodiversity loss mutually reinforcing

Fragile mountain habitats are becoming increasingly precarious in Hindu Kush-Himalaya region

Plastic

Balancing profits and staff welfare in Ivory Coast

Coliba is a young formal-sector company that specialises in the recycling of plastic waste in Abidjan

Cancer

Unaffordable treatment

For people in developing countries, most cancer drugs are unaffordable

Online forum

#DalitLivesMatterNepal

Campaigning online for Dalit rights

Recession

Growing dependence on Benin’s informal sector

In Cotonou and Porto Novo, economic slump has hit middle class hard

Segregation

Revisiting South Africa’s segregationist past

Apartheid was a racist system designed to keep people of different skin colour “apart” in South Africa.

Crime

Counterfeit medicines are very profitable for criminals

Hundreds of thousands of people die every year as a result of counterfeit medicines

Price negotiations

Paying over the odds

Thrashing out a vaccines pricing deal with multiple players

Multilateral cooperation

Why February 2020 became the month of lost opportunities

Independent Panel makes proposals on better pandemic preparedness and response

Tribalism

Tribalism hides the gap between rich and poor

Kenya’s underlying class struggle needs to be addressed

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Sustainability

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