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Hintergrund
Development cooperation

Ethical conduct

Ethical guidelines for situation in which the self-interest and the social responsibilities of development agencies collide

Social protection

The South African social contract

Social protection is enshrined in South Africa's constitution, but poverty pervails nonetheless

Social protection

Rich region, poor people

Many southern African nations experiment with social protection mechanisms, but a lot more needs to be done

Social infrastructure

No rest in retirement

In Nigeria, many old-age pensioners have not enough to live on

Infrastructure

Not for everyone

India must do much more to provide social protection to all its people

Microinsurance

Healthy clients

Pro Mujer: Why microfinance institutions should offer healthcare services too

Social insurance

Modernity has arrived

Population growth in Thailand is close to zero – and the average age across the nation is rising

OECD guidelines

Forgotten principles

The OECD’s Fragile State Principles are hardly being implemented

Democratic principles

Tough challenges

Governments are increasingly stifling civil society

Ecological destruction

Conquest by chainsaw

Logging in the subtropical dry forest deprives indigenous people in Argentina of their livelihood

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