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In Ethiopia, greater purchasing power has not led to a strengthening of democracy: salesman in Addis Ababa.

Social stratification

Myths of middle class dynamism

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by Henning Melber
Vaccine hesitancy is spreading, but many people are proud of getting their jab.

Chronic diseases

Brazil’s health-care challenges

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by Thuany Rodrigues
Super-rich philanthropists are a tiny minority everywhere: Aliko Dangote, Mo Ibrahim and Bill Gates at an event in New York City in 2019.

Inequality

A tale of rich and poor

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by Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Small-scale fishing still provides livelihoods in Dakar.

Income inequality

Why Africa lacks a robust middle class

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by Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Too many people cannot read: newspaper vendor in Dar es Salaam in March 2021.

Adult literacy

Getting back on track

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by Lawrence Kilimwiko
Temporary Covid-19 hospital in São Paolo.

Health care

An over-stretched system

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by Thuany Rodrigues
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
“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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