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Xi Jinping is weaker than many observers believe

Why I do not think that China proves authoritarianism to be effective

Our view

Failure is unaffordable

If humanity fails to fund the SDG agenda appropriately, all nations will suffer and none will be great

Vocational schools

Anything is possible

Vocational schools are an important aspect of education and training in Burundi

School system

Charitable and faith-based initiatives must jump in

The school situation in Burundi is difficult

Vocational training

Front-face customer care

Why vocational training matters in Nairobi’s public-transport industry, and why young women in particular deserve job opportunities

Inequality

How addictive behaviours are linked to inequality

A new book by two British scholars explores the negative impacts that social inequality has on mental health

Development policy

Too little and too unambitious

Welthungerhilfe and terre des hommes are calling for more money for official development assistance and more ambitious policies

Mobile money services

Popular with employees and customers alike

Mobile-phone companies in Zambia give unemployed youth a chance

Primary schools

Public is waiting for government report

Authorities shy away from discussing results of Liberian private-public partnership in primary education

Nexus

Points to keep in mind

How the Nexus approach can be successfully implemented in the Lake Chad Basin

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