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Call for Papers and Inputs

PEGNet Conference 2018

Improving the quality of education and learning outcomes in developing countries

Climate finance

African action

Africa is the world region most vulnerable to global warming and deserves support from donor governments

Infrastructure

No access to clean water

Clean drinking water is hard to get in South Sudan

Poverty

Women crushing stones

In order to survive, some women in South Sudan take to cracking stones

Prostitution

“The worst is yet to come”

In the wake of the economic collapse, prostitution is surging in South Sudan

Jobs

“Incentives for behaviour change”

Wecyclers help to tackle garbage challenge in Lagos, Nigeria

Recycling

From garbage to innovation

In Uganda, some women earn their money recycling plastic

Law

Everyday violence against the poor

How everyday violence locks poor people into poverty and what needs to be done about it

International relations

“No big talks, but sharing expertise”

Local governments can work together where national governments fail

Social protection

Elderly left alone

In Liberia, many old people have not enough to live on, especially disabled civil-war veterans.

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