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Poverty alleviation

Costs and benefits of poverty targeting

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by James G. Bennett
Mauretanian landscape: African countries are exposed to climate risks, and the African Risk Capacity (ARC) contributes to managing them.

International relations

Reconsidering development cooperation

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by Hans Dembowski
Images like this one have boosted Germany’s reputation: a refugee taking a selfie with chancellor Angela Merkel.

International relations

A call for global engagement

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by Sabine Tonscheidt
At state-run hospitals in Vietnam, doctors don’t earn much money, so many are tempted to look for employment abroad.

Migration

Shared standards

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by Lea Diehl
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has more power in his hands than any elected statesman in the history of Turkey.

Turkey

One-man state

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by Timur Tinç
Social-media users in Uganda.

Social media tax

Negative impacts

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by Edward Ronald Sekyewa
Taxi driver checks address on smartphone in Kolkata.

Information technology

Digital forces and ethical challenges

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak
Robots are common in car production: VW production line in Puebla, Mexico.

Manufacturing

Automation in a low-wage country

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by Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado
Even information-technology jobs are not safe: WIPRO headquarters in Bangalore in 2016.

Digitalisation

#AIforAll

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by Patrick Ruether
by Vikrom Mathur
by Urvashi Aneja
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