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Child soldiers of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone.

Civil wars

Children in terrorist organisations

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by Dagmar Wolf

Environment

Running dry

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by Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo
Informal businesses are common in Kenya: knife sharpening service in Nairobi.

Dysfunctional policy

Under-performing ODA darling

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by Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
by Julia Schnatz
GiveDirectly is cost-efficient, bypasses bureaucracies and helps poor people take their fate into their own hands.

Official development assistance

Why taxation matters

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by Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
by Julia Schnatz
Participants in an SDG conference in Kigali in 2019.

Our view

The crucial development challenge

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by Hans Dembowski
Religion has become a politically defining factor in Afghanistan: Eid Gah mosque in Kabul.

Failed state

A slide into war and chaos

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by Nawid Paigham
Walking home: a migrant worker leaving Hyderabad in early May

Useless suffering

Temples over hospitals

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by Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Rural people protesting against their village being submerged because of Omkreswahr dam on the Narmada river in 2012.

Infrastructure projects

Paying the price for development

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by Korinna Horta
Growth in itself will not solve urban infrastructure problems: small shops on the outskirts of Nairobi.

Global trends

In urgent need of development

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by Belay Begashaw
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