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Analogue limits of digital growth

Two recent publications - including one from the World Bank - explain why digitalisation, in itself, does not bring about human development

Citizenship

“People are not afraid to talk online”

In Mozambique, digital technology serves the freedom of speech

Human rights

“A situation of bonded labour”

Many Bangladeshi migrants are exploited abroad

Multilateral banks

New players with handicaps

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank (NDB) are changing the landscape of international financial institutions

Development policy

Opportunities and risks

Development policymakers need to deal with digital transformation and use new technologies themselves

Inequality

Building bridges

Innovative interdisciplinary approaches needed to tackle digital divide and growing inequality

Mobile reporting

Opportunities of digital journalism

For East African journalists in exile, mobile reporting is low-cost and practical

Participation

Unequal access

Government campaign Digital India is hampered by lack of infrastructure and preparedness

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Freedom and development

A lack of consensus concerning the definition of a refugee has serious consequences for millions of people

Biodiversity

Rising to global threat

Pesticide use and climate change drive bees and butterflies toward extinction

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