Poverty Reduction

Inequality

Redistributing money and power

Gap between rich and poor is widening

Emergency relief

Save human lives

In East and Central Africa, millions of people are fleeing drought, hunger, terror and civil war

World economy

Sustainability requires fair wages

Sustainable economic development is not possible without fair pay

Climate change

Predictable disasters

In Bangladesh, climate change is accelerating rural-urban migration

Skills training

Empower India’s climate refugees

Skills training would help people from India’s Delta islands to cope with the impacts of global warming

Coastal communities

Fish species are disappearing

In West Africa, coastal communities’ livelihoods are at risk because of overfishing and oil production

ODA

Cash transfers help the extreme poor

The idea of social protection is gaining momentum in development aid

Comment

Maghreb at risk

Closer economic cooperation could bring more stability to North Africa

Resilience

The rise of a concept

Resilience has become a new buzzword in development circles – the impacts are not always positive

Infrastructure

No access to clean water

Clean drinking water is hard to get in South Sudan

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