New 11/02/2021 – by Christoph Hoffmann Reform-oriented Côte d’Ivoire has come to a standstill Read full article
03/02/2021 – by Mireille Kanyange Burundi’s diaspora and its remittances are largely unknown Read full article
Health hazards New 23/02/2021 – by Imran Mukhtar In Pakistan, toxins put the poor particularly at risk Pakistan’s laws to control chemical pollution are hardly enforced Read
Environmental protection 24/01/2021 – by Imran Mukhtar Cleaner air for Punjab The regional government of Pakistan’s most populous province is taking steps to reduce air pollution Read
Urban lives 30/12/2020 – by Rahman Abbas My family succeeded in leaving dismal informal housing Childhood in a Mumbai slum Read
Slum-dwellers 29/12/2020 – by Rahman Abbas India’s commercial hub is a city of migrants Masses of people who live in Mumbai’s miserable slums appreciate the city’s many opportunities Read
Struggling family 30/11/2020 – by Roli Mahajan Some cannot afford health worries India’s poor cannot let worries about Covid-19 reduce their efforts to make money Read
Environmental protection 17/11/2020 – by Ridwanul Hoque Nice try Why an important court ruling concerning Bangladesh’s natural environment did not set an internationally relevant precedent Read
Ethnic minority 30/10/2020 – by Boro Baski Safe so far Though India is badly affected by Covid-19, two Adivasi villages in West Bengal have not suffered infections yet Read
Political systems 16/09/2020 – by Praveen Jha Fighting poverty The comparison of India with China shows that formal democracy does not necessarily lead to more development-oriented governance Read
Asian giants 15/09/2020 – by Praveen Jha China is ahead of India Statistics show that Communist China has been outperforming formally democratic India for decades Read
SDGs 28/08/2020 – by Syed Muhammad Abubakar No reason to sit back and relax Pakistan has met SDG 13 on climate action but must continue its efforts Read
Failed state 25/08/2020 – by Nawid Paigham A slide into war and chaos Afghanistan’s dire conditions of poverty, conflict and lawlessness trace their roots to the Soviet occupation that began 40 years ago Read
