Southern Africa
Street vending

Eyesores and livelyhoods

Unemployed youth populate streets of Malawi’s towns

Aid effectiveness

When funding is discontinued

Malawi knows what it means when donors discontinue budget support

Health

“Tip of the iceberg”

Diabetes is spreading fast in Malawi and other developing countries

Comment

“More money in your pockets”

After tough rhetoric in the election campaign, Zambia’s new President Sata must cooperate with the Chinese

July/August edition

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor: July/August edition

Comment

Summer of discontent

Malawi’s president is defying donors as well as civil society organisations

Comment

Dashed hopes

Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe is making life impossible to his coalition partner

Social protection

Consistently inconsistent

Internationally, cash transfer programmes are accepted as important means to fight poverty

Comment

Arguing with the government

Donors argue with Malawi’s President Mutharika over governance issues

Donor harmonisation

Room for improvement

The ECDPM’s critcial assessment of budget support in Southern African countries

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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.