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Melinda and Bill Gates in 2019.

Blog

Why taxes beat philanthropy

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by Hans Dembowski
A social-media troll army has helped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro cling to power.

Cyber warfare

Strong clout in digital space

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by Rishikesh Thapa
Pharmacist Elke Althöfer-Blautzik on an emergency mission to Mozambique in 2019.

Pharmacists in development cooperation

Essential experts

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by Christian Splett
: Children in poor countries have a much lower chance of surviving cancer than children in rich countries: Young cancer patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Cancer

Unaffordable treatment

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by Max Klein
by Jörg Schaaber
Delivery of Covid-19 vaccine to South Sudan in March 2021 under the COVAX initiative – but experts say COVAX is delivering far too little vaccines worldwide.

Patents

Intellectual property versus health care

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by Max Klein
by Jörg Schaaber
Increasing purchasing power: shoppers in the electronic goods department of a store in Accra in 2007.

Our view

Foundations of broad-based prosperity

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
More people have more choices: shoppers in Dhaka.

Growing prosperity

Middle-class lifestyles start with $ 10 per person and day

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by Homi Kharas
by Aviva Freudmann
Amid drought and high temperatures, wildfires raged in Argentina in October last year.

Financial sector

Financial sector: important allies for net-zero strategies

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by José Siaba Serrate
José Siaba Serrate
“A pair of flip-flops does not amount to any kind of lasting prosperity”: construction workers on the outskirts of Dhaka.

Social stratification

“The promise of well-paid, secure jobs did not come true”

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by Duncan Green
by Hans Dembowski
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