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Value chains
Bangladesh

Enduring misery

Bangladesh does not guarantee food security as demanded by its constitution

Food industry

Loss and waste

Lots of food is wasted worldwide, but aid-agency efforts to improve matters hardly help the poor

War crimes

Burdened by the past

Bangladesh’s independence war of 1971 is making itself felt in Islamist violence today

World trade order

Something rotten in the food system

The current world trade order is skewed against the hungry and needy

Food

Need in a land of plenty

In spite of the DRC's huge agricultural potential, many people lack vital nutrients

Hunger

No food, no health

Malnutrition is a major problem among children in Tanzania. A physician explains why this hampers national development.

Muncipalities

Failure likely

Decentralisation in Burkina Faso is coming up against obstacles because the local people are distrustful of politicians at all levels of government

Multilateral policymaking

Quantum leap

Dirk Niebel says the next development goals must go beyond the MDG agenda and include sustainability

Entrepreneurship

Village money

In Honduras, the promotion of entrepreneurship based on locally available assets is boosting development

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