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India’s workers would benefit from a law like China’s labour code: construction worker in Kolkata.

Political systems

Fighting poverty

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by Praveen Jha
By 2018, agriculture only accounted for a little more than a quarter of the labour force in China.

Asian giants

China is ahead of India

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by Praveen Jha
Minister Gerd Müller visiting a waste disposal site in Accra, Ghana.

Germany’s Federal Government

Encouraging enthusiasm

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by Hans Dembowski
Cholera patient in Yemen, the country hit by multiple crises.

Support pledges

Insufficient funding

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by Veronika Ertl

Environment

Running dry

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by Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo
Indigenous community in Ecuador sharing a meal.

Buen Vivir

The good life

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by Philipp Altmann
Informal businesses are common in Kenya: knife sharpening service in Nairobi.

Dysfunctional policy

Under-performing ODA darling

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by Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
by Julia Schnatz
GiveDirectly is cost-efficient, bypasses bureaucracies and helps poor people take their fate into their own hands.

Official development assistance

Why taxation matters

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by Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
by Julia Schnatz
Participants in an SDG conference in Kigali in 2019.

Our view

The crucial development challenge

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by Hans Dembowski
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