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Poverty Reduction
Banking

“Village banks” face winds of change

“Village bank” lending circles face regulation and commercial bank competition

Aid effectiveness

Limiting economic Corona ­damage

What can be done against economic Corona damage

Technology

How food aid sometimes serves US interests

Technologies used in development programmes carry hidden agendas

Humanitarian emergency

Crisis in Ethiopia intensifies

In Ethiopia, humanitarian aid has become a political issue

Charities

Refuge in a storm

Charities caring for the most vulnerable face hard times during the pandemic

Skills training

Skills are needed to grasp digital opportunities

Digital tools can boost productivity in the informal sector, argues GIZ

Refugees

Not in my backyard

Malawi sends refugee business owners back to crowded camp

Diversity

Why racist attitudes lead to neglection of common good

Systemic racism hurts the USA’s white majority, as a new book shows

Summer Special

Fleeing civil war

Young author describes a couple’s traumatic flight from Aleppo

Prejudice

Mexico’s racial divide

Mexico’s ideology of mestizaje, or racial mixing, obscures ingrained racism

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