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Shopping centre in Mumbai: middle classes are more interested in privileges than democracy.

Development studies

The middle-class hype

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by Henning Melber
Gerd Müller on a visit to a Chinese textile factory.

Decent work

Quality criteria

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by Gerd Müller
The Rana Plaza disaster made international headlines.

AWAJ Foundation

New kind of labour movement

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by Marianne Scholte
Picking organic Fairtrade cotton in Burkina Faso.

Commodities

Farmers' self-determination

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by Anup Kumar Singh
In Ethiopia, birth rates range from 1.5 to seven children per woman depending on the region: a Catholic wedding in Addis Abeba.

Demographic trends

Differentiated action

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Khadija Farhana

Women’s empowerment

Married too young

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by Khadija Farhana
The working conditions of many seamstresses must improve – not only in Bangladesh.

Textile industry

Price does not guarantee fairness

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by Gisela Burckhardt
Work conditions are tough, but improving.

Labour relations

“Enforce the law”

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by Nazma Akter
by Marianne Scholte

Promoting change

Go shopping with open eyes

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by Katja Dombrowski
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