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Housing

Crumbling structures

Aggravating housing crisis, erosion is threatening Ghana's traditional mud houses

Poverty reduction

Lessons from failure

Disappointing basic-income-grant project in Namibia

Water

Dormant knowledge

Islamic norms would serve prudent water management – if the links were made

Belief systems

Invisible Reality

Voodoo and witchcraft – Africans and Westerners experience religion and spirituality in different ways

Cadre organisation

Taken by surprise

Egypt’s Muslim Brothers are grabbing as much power as they can, but their rule is not firmly established.

Faith

Deadly pro-life rhetoric

Looking out of touch on reproductive health and gender issues, Catholic Church loses clout in the Philippines

Evangelical churches

Gaining ground

Evangelical churches are on the rise in Brazil, and even have political influence

Agriculture

Better prepared

In view of climate change, more resilience will reduce hunger in developing countries

Eco-friendly farms

Organic potential in Europe’s poorest country

In Moldova, organic farming has many advantages. It is labour intensive, environmentally friendly and yields high-value products.

Traffic

Imminent gridlock

Vietnam needs to tackle urban-traffic congestion

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