In the eighth decade of international aid efforts, former colonial powers are still privileged

This year’s Human Development Report emphasises the relevance of global public goods and the need for international cooperation.

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In South Africa, Delivery ka Speed is cheap and easy to access, and it offers its services in townships Uber Eats is avoiding.

In Johannesburg, clerics and worshippers say their conscience is torn between illegal money and seeing their churches impoverished, because they fund their churches with illegal mining.

Official development assistance has helped countries to prosper, and it increasingly serves global public goods.

The international community must address urgent worldwide challenges with full determination

Credit and savings from the village savings and loan schemes are used by Malawians for several purposes. For many, it provides money for common groceries in times when agriculture harvests decline.

The international community has sensible goals, but needs a coherent policy framework to achieve them.

In Ghana, many rural, poor women are left with no option but to take up labour-intensive blue-collar jobs, such as carrying heavy loads with pans on their heads.