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Soweto, the most famous township in South Africa.

Poverty

Hard township life

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by Norbert Herrmann
Bangkok is one of the world’s most congested cities.

Bus Rapid Transit

Most affordable

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by Nicholas Hollmann
Kenyan athlete Abraham Kipton (centre) won the Lagos City Marathon in February.

Megacity

Better governance, better urban life

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by Olamide Udoma-Ejorh
Carlos Collio and German volunteers in the school’s gym; Miriam Keller is standing in the middle.

weltwärts volunteers

“I never dreamed it would get this good”

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by Carlos Collio
by Miriam Keller
What a country exports, matters a lot: solar-panel production in China’s Jiangsu Province.

Foreign trade

Exports as drivers of growth

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by Clara Brandi
by Dominique Bruhn
“Shenzhen has become quite big and quite prosperous.”

Special economic zones

“Improve people’s lives”

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by Jong Woo Kang
Education on sexual health issues matters.

Sex education

“More than family planning”

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by Luther Dennis Nii Antieyie Addy
Darius Meissner, Kaya Schloessler, Ribhu Vorha and Chandra Nusselein with waste-related playing cards.

weltwärts volunteers

WasteLess teaches children to waste less

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by Ribhu Vohra
by Chandrah Nusselein
by Darius Meissner
by Kaya Schloessler
Aid for trade is meant to diversify a country’s export industry. Garden furniture produced for export in Ghana.

Aid effectiveness

Modest impact

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by Peter Nunnenkamp
by Rainer Thiele
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