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Deng Xiaping’s personal authority mattered less than competent administration based on evidence and a shared vision: poster in Shenzhen in 2019.

Development studies

Why development depends on a national elite’s shared vision

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by Hans Dembowski
Protests in Nairobi.

Governance

Kenyans have taken to the streets

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by Isaac Sagala
Women displaced by drought queue for water at Kaam Jiroon camp in Somalia.

Horn of Africa

The multiple layers of drought

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by Christoph Schneider-Yattara
After criticising the government, Jack Ma disappeared from public life in 2020.

Political economy

How Xi Jinping is exacerbating China’s economic misery

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by Hans Dembowski

Food crisis

Shortage of maize meal in Zambia

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by Derrick Silimina
A doctor measures the arm circumference of a severely malnourished baby in Somalia.

Nutrition

Boys face undernutrition too

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by Michael B. Krawinkel
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, then Sri Lanka’s president, with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Colombo in early 2022.

Global Governance

Why “global south” is not a useful term

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by Hans Dembowski
The main street of a formerly upmarket residential area is under water almost every day.

Flooding

The city of millions that is being flooded every day

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by Rafiqul Islam Montu
Livestock farmers in Ethiopia feel the impact of prolonged drought.

2030 Agenda

Sustainable Development Goals "almost unachievable"

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by Sabine Balk
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