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Growth in itself will not solve urban infrastructure problems: small shops on the outskirts of Nairobi.

Global trends

In urgent need of development

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by Belay Begashaw
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
Women’s rights rally in Islamabad in 2019.

Gender

Changing stereotypes

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by Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul
Queen Elizabeth II and President Kwame Nkrumah depicted on a billboard in Accra in 1961 ahead of the monarch’s visit to the former colony Ghana, which was then considered to be an “underdeveloped” country.

International relations

From “underdevelopment” to the SDGs

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by Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul
UN peacekeepers in Cote d’Ivoire in 2012.

Global Governance

Self-perpetuating cycles of violence

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by Florian Gaisrucker
China’s government promises to accelerate transition to renewables: worker in a coal mine in Inner Mongolia.

Infrastructure

Build back better

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by Katie Cashman
Mexico needs its care workers: Red Cross nurse grieving at the funeral of a colleague who died of Covid-19.

Nursing care and support

A new intergenerational compact

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by Almut Schnerring
by Sascha Verlan
Nairobians protesting against police violence.

Our view

Black lives matter

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by Hans Dembowski
In 2016, after around 50 years of civil war, Colombia’s then President Juan Manuel Santos signed a peace deal with the FARC rebels.

United Nations

New approach to conflict prevention

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
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