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Lots of pigeons, no tourists: Kathmandu’s Basantapur Durbar Square, a UNESCO world heritage site in mid-May.

Hard-hit country

Resilience tested once again

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by Jonathan Menge
Not much space for social distancing: favela residents waiting for food supplied by a non-governmental activist.

Marginalised communities

Spreading dangerously

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by Thuany Rodrigues

Information technology

Tech training at Rhino Camp

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by Ochan Hannington
Sharing responsibility: graffiti in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city.

Shared responsibility

Debt relief for poorest countries

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by Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann
Many informal businesses become unviable in lockdown conditions: tea seller in Cairo in fall 2019.

Universal basic income

Social transfers stabilise aggregate demand

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by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe

Maternal health

Difficult delivery

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by Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo
Malawi’s markets are not ordered to shut down.

Legal action

Malawi judge blocks lockdown

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
Not much scope for social distancing: a soldier enforcing South Africa’s lockdown in a township.

Global crisis

Debt swaps make sense

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by Christoph Hoffmann
Rural road in Malawi: local people would benefit from better infrastructure.

Employment

The urgency of public works programmes

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by Joachim von Braun
by Tekalign Sakketa
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