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The small and landlocked country of Rwanda lobbies for faster regional integration in Eastern Africa. Downtown Kigali.

Regional integration

Far from united

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by Katja Dombrowski

Neglect of duty in developing countries

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by Hans Dembowski
“Shenzhen has become quite big and quite prosperous.”

Special economic zones

“Improve people’s lives”

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by Jong Woo Kang
Aid for trade is meant to diversify a country’s export industry. Garden furniture produced for export in Ghana.

Aid effectiveness

Modest impact

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by Peter Nunnenkamp
by Rainer Thiele
Africa’s metropolitan middle class has similar consumer demand as its counterpart in industrial countries: fashion show in Lagos.

Government guarantees

New strategy for Africa

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by Christoph Kannengießer
Coastal fishermen: Mozambique is still quite poor.

Foreign trade

Mozambique’s foreign trade weakness

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by Friedrich Kaufmann
by Winfried Borowczak
Poor infrastructure means logistical problems for business.

Foreign trade

A matter of power and interest

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by Friedrich Kaufmann
by Winfried Borowczak
Supporters of Benazir Bhutto after she was murdered shortly before the 2008 general elections.

Governance

Difficult setting

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by Afshan Subohi
Tannery worker in Lahore.

Growth strategy

Incoherent policymaking

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by Afshan Subohi
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