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In rural areas, justice is administered according to tradition: a village chief in Cameroon.

Legal and judicial systems

Lawyers for the poor

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by Lothar Jahn
The Ethiopian state enjoys donor support: police officer in Addis Ababa.

Development agencies

Donor obligations

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Global reach: Amnesty International activists demonstrated against Egyptian security-force violence in Seoul in September.

Civil society

Global reach

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by Helene Wolf
Latin America shows good scores on the Global AgeWatch Index – and Chile scores best: Family of Mapuche Indians.

Social policy

First Global AgeWatch Index

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by Michael Bünte
China’s New Rural Pension Scheme reaches 133 million people over the age of 60: elderly Chinese men.

Demographics

Pensions for all elderly people

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by Charles Knox-Vydmanov
Interviewees discussing on questionnaires in Tajikistan.

Development cooperation

Ethical conduct

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by Frank Bliss
By the end of 2012, about 30 % of South Africans were dependent on some kind of social grant: old man in Langa township, Cape Town.

Social protection

The South African social contract

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by Henning Melber
In Namibia, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer: view on Swakopmund, a popular holiday destination for rich Namibians.

Social protection

Rich region, poor people

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by Henning Melber
Self-employed people in the informal sector normally cannot save much money for hard times: street vendor in Kano.

Social infrastructure

No rest in retirement

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by Damilola Oyedele
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