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Entrepreneurship

Building bridges between Zimbabwe’s diaspora and businesses at home

A new online platform connects Zimbabwean businesses to customers abroad and helps them foster trade and partnerships.

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu
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Gaza City on 3 November 2025.

War

When I left Gaza City, I left my heart beneath the rubble

This is a first-hand account of displacement, pain and the impossibility of saying goodbye. Ansam Al-Kitaa is a freelance journalist from Palestine. She wrote the following on 18 October 2025.

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by Ansam Al-Kitaa
In Mexico, women are conquering the male-dominated field of truck driving: traffic in the state of Chiapas.

Female truckers in Mexico

The curse of the cliché

Driving a truck was long viewed as man’s work in Mexico. It was presumed that only the “stronger sex” could handle the dangerous routes and long lonely shifts. Yet women are now breaking with these old stereotypes.

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by Montserrat Bustos Cardona
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In 2024, Zimbabwe received a risk insurance payout from the African Risk Capacity Group to help alleviate the effects of severe drought.

Shock-sensitive social protection

Bridging funding gaps when disaster strikes

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by James G. Bennett
by Nazaruddin Puteh

AIDS prevention

A monthly shot of hope for people living with HIV

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by Sheillah Abaho
Parveen Bibi in Darkut Colony in front of a water tank that is filled by a solar-powered pump.

Internally displaced persons

Solar-powered water supply for climate refugees in Pakistan

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by Syed Muhammad Abubakar
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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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In the Digital Monthly Edition 11/2025

Does money rule the world?

Investments in companies that supply underserved populations with essential goods such as food are a form of impact investing.
Impact investing

How to convince rich people to use their money for good

Private wealth could play a transformative role in tackling global challenges. Yet many wealthy individuals are hesitant about investing for impact. Changing mindsets and building trust are essential to unlock private capital for sustainable development.

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by Nico Blaauw
Dadi Prayoga.
Artist of the month

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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by D+C / E+Z
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
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Good news and solution stories

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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by Praveen Jha
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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Distributing food to earthquake victims in Mandalay, Myanmar in early April.

Emergency aid

Humanitarian aid should not be driven by politics

by Marvin Fürderer
Divorce is also a recurring theme at the Aurat Marches (Women’s Marches) on International Women’s Day.

Mental health

When divorce becomes a stigma

by Mahwish Qayyum
Platforms like YouTube are essential for the visibility of Indian female comedians.

Female comedians

Why female comedy in India is not just about laughs

by Ipsita Sapra
Donald Trump and Elon Musk in front of the White House in March – a textbook example of the merging of power and wealth.

Poverty reduction

Time to set a limit on extreme wealth

by Olivier De Schutter
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