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Picking organic Fairtrade cotton in Burkina Faso.

Commodities

Farmers' self-determination

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by Anup Kumar Singh
The working conditions of many seamstresses must improve – not only in Bangladesh.

Textile industry

Price does not guarantee fairness

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by Gisela Burckhardt

D+C/E+Z

Faster – but just as enduring

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by Hans Dembowski
Octoberfest in Munich: in prosperous OECD cities, economic growth has been decoupled from greenhouse-gas emissions.

Global governance

Refreshing ­optimism

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by Dirk Messner
Soldiers parading an armored vehicle seized from Boko Haram in Maiduguri.

Terrorism

Strong military, poor performance

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by Damilola Oyedele
Indigenous radio host

Broadcasting

Village voices

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by Linda Vierecke
Construction workers have no social protection: ­painting a building in Hanoi.

Loans

Challenges ahead

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by Duong Thi Ngoc Linh
by Jörg Teumer
Online journalists in Cairo, Egypt.

Media development

Freedom of expression promotes democracy

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by Alexander Matschke
Journalists protesting against the murder of colleagues in Mexico City.

Journalists

Staying safe and sane

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by Petra Tabeling
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