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They have good intentions, but are privileged nonetheless: humanitarian workers in Sudan’s Darfur region.

Humanitarian aid

A time of reckoning

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
A retailer in Burkina Faso sells Dutch products, including milk powder, in his small store.

Markets

Trade agreements as door-openers

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by Sarah Schneider
by Armin Paasch
Coca-Cola and other companies market their products aggressively in developing countries and emerging markets, as here in Nairobi, Kenya.

Food industry

Profit prioritised

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by Armin Paasch
by Sarah Schneider
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru visiting Washington in 1949: US President Harry Truman declared “development” of “underdeveloped” countries to be the goal of foreign policy during the Cold War.

“Development”

False promises, questionable term

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by Aram Ziai
by Julia Schöneberg
Sugar cane harvest in Luxor, Egypt.

EU policy

Tackling trade and migration

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by Nassir Djafari
La Via Campesina activists at a demonstration for a sustainable economy during the Rio+20 conference.

Globalisation

People dying of hunger are “being murdered”

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by Monika Hellstern
Oxfam is known to preach high ethical standards – now the organisation is being rocked by news about a case of sexual exploitation in Haiti after the earthquake in 2010.

Oxfam scandal

#MeToo in the aid sector

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Survivors of Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines: Their plight became a testing ground in 2013 for private investment and profit opportunities.

Resilience

The rise of a concept

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by Usche Merk
East Africa produces milk and meat itself and imposes high import duties on foreign products: cattle in Rwanda.

EU trade policy

Same rules for all

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by Theresa Krinninger
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