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Mental health

Breaking the silence on rising suicides in Malawi

Suicide in Malawi claims hundreds of lives each year, and the number of cases is rising. The government now has abolished a law that criminalised suicide attempts, but real progress requires public education, funding and open dialogue about mental health.

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
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The climate conference in Belém is under pressure to deliver on big promises.

Climate conference

The billion-dollar gap

Climate activists were anything but optimistic as COP30 drew closer: hundreds of billions more need to be spent on climate action – but it’s not clear where the money is supposed to come from. Which makes it all the more important to focus on what has already been achieved.

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by Björn Cremer
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Dadi Prayoga

Dadi Prayoga is an illustrator from Indonesia. Two of his artworks are featured in the D+C November issue.

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Money from development financing is used to secure vital sectors such as food and health. This article is part of a focus section on development finance accompanied by a series of AI-generated images.

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Financing lives

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Where ecosystems are still intact, funding is needed to preserve them. This article is part of a focus section on development finance accompanied by a series of AI-generated images.

Climate finance

“Cutting funds won’t save them”

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by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim

Plastic waste

Malawi’s journey towards a plastic-free future

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
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Cover of the magazine "D+C Development and Cooperation" with the question "Does money rule the world?" and an illustration of a cruise ship visually appearing to float inside a cocktail glass with ice cubes.
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Does money rule the world?

Dadi Prayoga.
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Dadi Prayoga

Dadi Prayoga is an illustrator from Indonesia. Two of his artworks are featured in the D+C November monthly issue.

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A Maya Train carriage arrives at a station in Campeche, Mexico.
Organised crime

Train of destruction

Business tycoons and criminal organisations are wielding ever greater political influence in Latin America. Even in megaprojects, political, economic and criminal interests seem inextricably linked. One example is Mexico’s new Maya Train.

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by Sonja Peteranderl
Illustration by Dadi Prayoga from Indonesia.
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The power of the billions

Wealth is rapidly becoming more concentrated around the world, the richest 10 % of the population holding roughly three quarters of all wealth. How the phenomenon of the super-rich is undermining democracy.

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth
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From groundbreaking court rulings to inspiring projects – positive change is happening all the time. Find out how people drive progress.

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In der Hindukusch-Himalaya-Region schmelzen die Gletscher
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Global environment

Restoring the planet’s environmental health is indispensable

The Guohua coal-fired power plant in northern China.

International climate protection

“You cannot always wait for everyone”

by Mojib Latif Katharina Wilhelm Otieno Jörg Döbereiner
Nasir Haji inspects her underwater sponge farm.

Coastal communities

Sustainable sponges

by Kizito Makoye
Farmer releases fish into a rice field in Qingtian County, China.

Traditional agriculture

Traditional agricultural ecosystems harbour remarkable biodiversity

by Min Qingwen Guo Xuan
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Plattenladen im Kenyatta-Markt in Nairobi
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Culture Special

Art with a developmental connection - compiled for you by the D+C editorial team.

Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh, a leader of the Dahomey female warriors, painted by Frederick Forbes in 1851.

Film

“The Woman King”: Emancipation and bloodshed

by Jörg Döbereiner
Arti performed in Benares in 2019: the Hindu ceremony figures in Krupa Ge’s novel.

Gender justice

Eight decades of gender relations in South India

by Hans Dembowski
The group’s first album is named after the Egyptian city of Aswan on the Nile.

Intercultural music

Music of the Nile

by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
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Kinder auf einem staatlichen Schulhof in Nigeria.
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Education

Around the world, access to education must be made easier and its quality has to improve

Internet

Why media literacy matters in Zimbabwe

by Zenzele Ndebele Bhekizulu Tshuma
Lane in a Mumbai slum: poor children were largely abandoned during the pandemic.

Education in India

Covid-19’s devastating effects on India’s education

by Roli Mahajan
Informal labourers like these gold prospectors do not appear in Ghana’s unemployment statistics.

Ghana

Promoting employment in Ghana

by Marian Burchardt Florian Stoll
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Eine Sammlung von Geldscheinen und Münzen.
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Fiscal space

In view of multiple crises, state agencies must stay able to invest in crucial infrastructure and services

Global leaders in tree-planting photo opportunity in Bali.

Global governance

G20 leaders are “not in a state of denial”

by Iwan J. Azis Hans Dembowski
British Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng were only in office for a few weeks because financial markets rejected policies that were supposed to please them.

Government revenues

How to increase the fiscal space

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Street vendors in Zambia: The government wants to escape over-indebtedness with IMF and G20 support.

Governance

Debt situation is escalating in many developing countries

by Kathrin Berensmann
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A woman in Iran is protesting for her rights.
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Gender equality

Empowering women and girls is crucial to achieving gender justice.

 

Expressing solidarity in Karachi.

Religious totalitarianism

Iran’s protests resonate around the world

by Marva Khan
Jobs matter: women working in ceramics manufacturing in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Gender justice

How education and employment improve gender equality

by Sundus Saleemi
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Menstruation

Biological facts every girl must know

by Mahwish Gul
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