Development and
Cooperation

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KfW Development Bank finances German development projects abroad through loans and grants.

Germany

German development cooperation in facts and figures

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by D+C / E+Z

Economy

How Malawi’s forex crisis disrupts everyday life

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by Benson Kunchezera
by Reem Alabali Radovan
Workers supervise the unloading of metro train cars in Bogota, after disembarking from China, in September 2025.

China in Latin America

An unexpected boost for democracy

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by Marcela Ibáñez
by Alain Schläpfer
Perceptions of China vary considerably around the world, ranging from positive attitudes to viewing it as an existential threat.

Our view

Growing presence, changing course

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by Jörg Döbereiner
Biclaire Shukrani trains young people in tailoring at the Kakuma refugee camp.

Refugees

How a tailor makes a difference where the aid system fails

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by Rey Bulambo
Union Street in the city of Vereeniging, south of Johannesburg.

South Africa

Africa’s largest economy is deindustrialising

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by Nathalie Bertrams
by Tristen Taylor

Drug trafficking

Fishermen pay the price for South Africa’s drug crackdown

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by Winile Ximba
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