Donor agencies must not only promote the rule of law, they must also be held accountable to it

Civicus assesses civil liberties around the world, and criticises donors for supporting authoritarian regimes in Ethiopia and Vietnam

In Nigeria, many old-age pensioners have not enough to live on

Richard Gerster: Fiscal reforms reduce Mozambique’s dependency on donor’s budget support

Why Zimbabweans feel that the five years until the next general election will be very long

UN special envoy assesses health-care challenges in Africa

A recent judgement shows that the freedom of the press cannot be taken for granted in Senegal

Law of the jungle – why forests are disapperaring fast from developing countries and why Germans don't understand the reasons

To what extent do formal property rights serve economic growth?

Road to an autonomous Muslim region in southern Philippines remains bumpy