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According to Intel, lower prices for telecom services and hardware will allow another 450 million women to access the internet in the next three years.

Digital communication

Web access for women

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by Mareike Forchheim
Dheye – a remote village in Nepal’s north.

Water

Fleeing drought

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by Daniel Bernet
Tourists at Kakum National Park in Ghana.

Sustainable tourism

The real cost

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by Floreana Miesen
The poor often live far away from the water pipes: women fetching water in the outskirts of Lima.

Local government

Water investments in Peru

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
Tourists boost Jamaica’s foreign-exchange reserves.

Debt relief

Historical model

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by Sandra Abild
"Reparations for climate debt" demanded by civil-society activists in Bangkok in April 2011.

International civil society

Five principles

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by Hans Dembowski
The Asian Development Bank is in favour of rail traffic: maintenance workers near Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Energy

Low-cost climate protection

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by Sandra Abild
Angst vor dem Volk: militärisch bewachter Präsidentenpalast in Kairo im Dezember 2012.

Military

Weapons in areas of conflict

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
“More than 60 % of the land deals concern countries that suffer poverty and hunger.” Smallholders depend on their land: farmers in Cameroon.

Land grabbing

Damaging investments

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by Sandra Abild
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