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Global governance

At a crossroads

What the WTO’s Nairobi summit achieved and what it did not achieve

International development banks

“Sensible division of labour”

New and old IFIs can – and should – cooperate in a constructive manner

Immigration to the United States

A journey fraught with danger

Contradictory migration policies of the United States and Mexico

European Union

At rock bottom

Human-rights organisation Pro Asyl calls for a reorganisation of the protection for refugees in Europe

Human rights

Afghan unrest affects neighbour

Millions of refugees and IDPs strain Pakistan’s resources

African academics

Looking for happiness abroad

Three Ugandans report on their experiences of living and working in Europe

Refugee crisis

The task for this decade

Coping with the refugee crisis is developmental challenge of the decade, according to German Minister Gerd Müller

Internally displaced persons

Refugees in their own country

Because of Boko Haram’s terror attacks, millions of Nigerians are on the run

Trauma therapy

“It is possible to build a peaceful society”

The Jiyan Foundation helps refugees and victims of violence in Kurdish northern Iraq

Interview

“We are running out of time”

Many questions are still open after Paris climate agreement

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