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Gender equality

How a transgender tobacco farmer in Zimbabwe is fighting for dignity

In a country where queer people face exclusion, formal agriculture offers rare stability. Yet significant risks remain.

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu

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Argentina’s President Javier Milei and US President Donald Trump drill into the world: activists in costumes during COP30.

Right-wing populism

“The Sustainable Development Goals are seen as the enemy”

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by Imme Scholz
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
A waste collector in Johannesburg. South Africa is one of the countries with the greatest wealth inequality.

Inequality in numbers

Rich and poor – the extreme distribution of income and wealth worldwide

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by D+C / E+Z
A farm that was destroyed by a cyclone in southern Malawi.

Food security

Malawi’s increasingly difficult battle against hunger

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by Brenard Mwanza
by Matthias Scharpf
Investments in companies that supply underserved populations with essential goods such as food are a form of impact investing.

Impact investing

How to convince rich people to use their money for good

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by Nico Blaauw
Illustration by Dadi Prayoga from Indonesia.

Our view

The power of the billions

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Shifts in international development cooperation were already evident at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meeting in April 2025.

World Bank

“We will always be the target of criticism”

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by Axel van Trotsenburg
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Transporting goods in Cotonou, Benin.

Poverty reduction

Strengthening access to markets for vulnerable groups

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by Arndt R. Brodkorb
Proportion of informal employment in total employment (2024)

Labour and employment

Facts and figures: the world of work today

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by Isah Shafiq
Demonstrations against Elon Musk and his “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), which USAID has fallen victim to.

Development politics

Global voices on ending USAID, part 2

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by D+C / E+Z
In February, people demonstrated in front of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington against the government to support employees who had to vacate their offices.

Development politics

Global voices on ending USAID, part 1

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by D+C / E+Z