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Poverty Reduction
Poverty alleviation

Costs and benefits of poverty targeting

The more accurate a poverty-targeting strategy is, the more expensive it is

International relations

Reconsidering development cooperation

The aid system must adapt to a fast changing world and rise to new challenges

Education

Charcoal paying for education

A poor female charcoal-vendor in Uganda managed to send her children to university

Our view

Wisdom and foresight

To rise to the challenges of IT, the global community will need yet more political innovations

Social media tax

Negative impacts

Social media use in Uganda is now being taxed, affecting businesses in a negative way

Agriculture

Digital farming

How digitisation can benefit commercial farms in India

Information technology

Digital forces and ethical challenges

India must prepare for dramatic digital change

Kofi Annan

Special relationship with Africa

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan cared deeply about Africa

Education

Cultural change

Future jobs will require high levels of specialisation

Manufacturing

Automation in a low-wage country

Whether the robots replace workers depends on complicated cost calculations in Mexico

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