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Brainstorming session at the African Youth and Governance Conference.

Participation in public life

“Voice is fine – but needs to be heard”

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by Seth Oteng
by Susanne Giese
Village school in Mali: Primary education for all was one of the Millennium Development Goals.

Development assistance

EU scores high

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by Sipho Moyo
The Brazilian armed forces have never acknowledged their responsibility for human rights abuses: a parade on Brazil’s Independence Day, 2014.

Victims of dictatorship

Delayed truth, no justice

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by Kai Ambos
by Eneas Romero
The EU’s response to the Arab spring might have been more satisfying, had external policies concerning security, development and the promotion of democracy been better coordinated and more focussed: Libyan insurgents celebrating the fall of Gaddafi in 2011.

European Union

Challenged by complexity

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by Svea Koch
by Mark Furness
Ghana has become a middle-income country, as its per-capita income has grown more than three-fold since 1995.

Relevant reading

Moving targets

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by Niels Keijzer
by Christine Hackenesch
Lots of informal self-employment: market in Lusaka.

Labour

Job quality matters

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by Gibson Masumbu
by Martin Ostermeier
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
Brown algae, which are harvested in the fjords of Iceland, serve as a raw ­material for alternative fibres that may someday ­replace cotton.

Fibre raw materials

Alternatives to cotton

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by Marina Chahboune
At Fashion Company Sahel in Tunisia, the denim fabric from the weaving factories is cut and sewn into jeans. The factory has been audited on behalf of Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) since ­December 2013.

Organic jeans

Slow fashion

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by Monique Voorneman
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
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