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Informal businesses deserve a chance to grow into formal companies: hairdresser’s shop in Dakar, Senegal.

Private-sector development

Attracting investors

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by Floreana Miesen
Italy’s coast guard comes to the rescue of a refugee boat near Sicily on 19 May.

Comment

Fortress Europe

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by Samir Abi
Ammunition on display at the arms fair in Aldershot, United Kingdom.

Armament

Many conflicts – many weapons

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
There were difficult moments: WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo and Indonesia's Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan.

Globalisation

First success in 18 years

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by Angela Geck
by Stefan Rother
Democracy could yet prevail: people attending the funeral of Chokri Belaid, the assassinated trade-union leader, earlier this year.

Soft Power

Last hope

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by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Producing pencils from FSC wood on behalf of the private-sector brand Faber-Castel in Brazil.

Forestry

Sustainable use

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by Ulrike Haupt
by Birgit Joußen
The EU overestimated developing countries‘ negotiating capacities: container terminal in Stone Town, Zanzibar.

Europe

Growing complexity

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by Hans Dembowski
Angst vor dem Volk: militärisch bewachter Präsidentenpalast in Kairo im Dezember 2012.

Military

Weapons in areas of conflict

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
“More than 60 % of the land deals concern countries that suffer poverty and hunger.” Smallholders depend on their land: farmers in Cameroon.

Land grabbing

Damaging investments

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by Sandra Abild
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