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Armutsbekämpfung

Every single person matters: traffic in Hanoi.

Measuring success

Counting statistics

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by Hans Dembowski
President Dilma Rousseff (centre) with her predecessors Lula da Silva (left) and Fernando Cardoso in 2012.

Brazil

In need of new approaches

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by Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho
Rural women in particular have ­benefited from NGO activism.

Bangladesh

No “basket case”

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by Marianne Scholte
Vaccination campaign against polio in India.

Infectious diseases

“We need staying power”

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by Andrea Holzäpfel
On average, a village household in Myanmar spends about 20 hours a month collecting fire wood.

Sustainable Development Goals

The global dimension

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by Tetsuro Yoshida
by Noriko Shimizu
Almost all rural households have electric power in Vietnam, but supply still tends to be unreliable.

Renewables

Rural network must improve

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by Do Thi Bich Ngoc
Smuggled petrol is sold on the highway between Cotonou and Porto Novo.

West Africa

Insufficient fire wood

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by Karim Okanla
Rally against higher fuel prices in Jakarta last year.

Subsidies

Counter-productive policy

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by Anthony J. Jude
Farm woman taking egg plants to a market in the Indian state of Odisha.

Development agencies

Learning step by step

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by Hans Dembowski
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