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Middle classes are interested in protecting their standard of living, but don’t necessarily want to share with others: private swimming pool of a high-rise condominium in Sao Paulo.

Inequality

Self-serving middle classes

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by Hans Dembowski
Viable farms

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Contents June issue

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Worker on a Nigerian oil rig.

Commodities

Escaping the resource curse

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by Gerrit Wiesmann
Migrants are becoming more vocal, for instance rallying against Qatar’s ­neglect of labour rights during the 2013 High Level Dialogue in New York.

Migration

Touchy issue

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by Stefan Rother
In spite of repression, opponents of the coup have repeatedly been protesting in Bangkok.

News

In brief

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Rally against the World Cup in São Paulo on 15 May.

Sports event

Economic frustration

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by Ellen Thalman
Local self-administration

Print edition

Contents May issue

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Relevance for daily work (“not important at all” to “very important”), estimated future relevance (“very likely to decrease” to “very likely to increase”) and quality of current cooperation (“very bad” to “very good”).

Development research

Untapped potential

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by Linda Kleemann
by Maximilian Neumann
A woman cooking at home in Cambodia’s Stung Treng District.

Health

Cooking stoves kill

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
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