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Unsustainable livelihoods

Savè chainsaw massacre

Deforestation is ravaging the environment of Savè, a small town in Benin

Brazil

Blank cheque for the president

Brazil is in crisis – Jair Bolsonaro’s election as president reflects it

Handicrafts

Kantha’s eternal beauty

Why traditional Bengali embroidery is now making a difference in many village women’s lives

Bribes

Civic competence contains corruption

In Tanzania, local structures in the countryside are empowered for the fight against corruption

Gondola lifts

Up in the air

In Latin America, aerial tram systems provide a transport service for urban districts with geographical and social challenges

Mobility

A contribution to sustainable transport

In the Indian city of Nagpur, a new light-rail system is being built with support from the KfW Development Bank

Peacebuilding

A historic first

Local communities’ land rights were recently enshrined in law in Liberia

Burundi

Overpopulated prisons

More than half of those detained in Burundi’s prisons are on remand

Kenya

Sex for fish

Poverty and desperation lead women in fishing communities in Kenya to trade sex for goods

Criminal justice

Limited reach

The ICC reduces perpetrators’ hope for impunity, but for people to come to terms with atrocious crimes, more must happen

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