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After claims that big drinks companies are draining region dry, SABMiller calls for co-operation to improve people’s access to water
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Discovery of minerals, oil, coal and gas spur legal changes that communities say could bring abuses or leave them out of pocket
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Carla Kweifio-Okai: Why do some emergencies get stronger support than others – and can funds be allocated more fairly? We want your thoughts
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As people displaced during the civil war return to the countryside, the land issue is one of Angola’s biggest challenges, Klas Lundström writes
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Uganda has 2,000 new cases every year and a backlog of about 200,000 for a condition that is preventable and usually treatable, writes Amy Fallon
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Jonathan Glennie: We can’t be sure that moving people off their land to develop it for export industries will benefit resource-rich countries
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Private sector arm of DfID and other EU development institutions channel significant investments to offshore havens, study finds
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African NGOs received just 4% of Bill Gates’s money for agriculture work, with 75% for US organisations, report says
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When trafficked women finally break free of their abusers, they turn in desperation to the authorities. This is only the start of a new nightmare. Four women tell Amelia Gentleman about their slavery, escape and further detention by officials they thought would help them
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But report warns population growth could outpace family planning programmes in some countries despite range of contraception initiatives
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James Whiting and Martin Edlund: Bill Gates’s ambitious vision for wiping malaria off the world map is not only possible but it is the strategic approach we should take
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While big companies make millions from El Salvador’s water-rich Nejapa municipality, locals have little or no access to water
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Sebastian Kurz and Gyan Chandra Acharya: Delegates at a UN conference on Monday need to find solutions to the unique disadvantages facing landlocked poor countries
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San Pedro Sula, Honduras, is the most dangerous city on the planet – and experts say it is a sign of a global epidemic
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Amid the epidemic, young people are carrying on dancing at the Fatou Rose hotel, putting Red Cross health advice to one side and trusting in chlorinated water
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Car assessment body NCAP calls on Nissan to withdraw the Datsun Go after it was awarded zero stars for tests of its most basic safety features
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Private sector arm of DfID and other EU development institutions channel significant investments to offshore havens, study finds
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African NGOs received just 4% of Bill Gates’s money for agriculture work, with 75% for US organisations, report says
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But report warns population growth could outpace family planning programmes in some countries despite range of contraception initiatives
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While big companies make millions from El Salvador’s water-rich Nejapa municipality, locals have little or no access to water
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Sierra Leone man says having survived Ebola virus he now has to fight discrimination and also care for dependants whose parents have died
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African nations most at risk ranked near bottom of world health index, says report
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African nations most at risk are ranked near bottom of world health index
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Sparsely-equipped hospitals and beleaguered staff battle a disease whose victims outpace the number of beds being built
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Independent Commission for Aid Impact says women and girls bearing brunt of corruption as department gets second-worst rating
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Crisis forces World Food Programme to operate beyond its remit by contributing to construction, transport and communications
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Treatment centres are being built in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea but still big need for doctors and nurses to staff them
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British military medics train Sierra Leonean hygienists in the hope of curbing the spread of the Ebola virus
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US president praises health workers battling Ebola in the worst affected West Africa nations
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When trafficked women finally break free of their abusers, they turn in desperation to the authorities. This is only the start of a new nightmare. Four women tell Amelia Gentleman about their slavery, escape and further detention by officials they thought would help them
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Amid fears of renewed conflict in South Sudan, ethnic rivalries are complicating efforts to move refugees from flooded camps. William Davison reports
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The NHS is in trouble and its chief executive, Simon Stevens, has requested £8bn to save it. But how does Britain’s system compare with healthcare around the world – and what can we learn?
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A year on from launching lawsuits, slum dwellers are taking their demands for clean water, toilets and housing to the health ministry, writes Mark Anderson
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São Paulo’s Open Arms programme offers crack addicts a controversial route to rehabilitation, providing work and housing but not requiring them to give up drugs. Sarika Bansal reports
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Local medics and officials work with international agencies to quickly trace and isolate the disease after initial delay, writes Katarina Höije
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James Copnall: In addition to their formal studies, students at the Excel Academy are learning to look beyond ethnic and regional divisions
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Daily Maverick finds heartache and stigma in the Guinean village where a two-year-old’s death is believed to have marked the start of an epidemic that has claimed more than 4900 lives
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With peace talks continuing, James Copnall visits rebel and government strongholds to find preparations for war
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Insect infestation threatens promising cash crop that could help to boost income of Nepal’s small farmers. Ian Bickis reports
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Public and private investment have created fresh hope in a Congolese city more often associated with conflict and upheaval, writes Jessica Hatcher
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Fears are growing that the economic impact of the Ebola crisis could lead to unrest and political crises in west African countries, writes Clar Ni Chonghaile
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Cautious optimism as three factions of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement accept responsibility for war during talks in Tanzania. Martin Plaut analyses the latest developments
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Three decades after images that shocked the world, country has become darling of the global development community – and the scourge of the human rights lobby
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Although there will be shortfalls in the country’s infrastructure programme, the railway will be an impressive achievement. William Davison reports
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Charlie English: Their properties have been looted, the city is ruined and the economy stagnant but Malians who fled in the wake of a rebel onslaught are now going home
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Locals whose homes have been levelled fear the authorities are motivated by commercial rather than public health concerns. Billie Adwoa McTernan reports
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The Nobel winner’s NGO, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, champions children’s rights by tackling education and poverty in tandem. KumKum Dasgupta reports
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São Paulo is changing its approach to tackling drug addiction. Hospitalisation and police interventions have given way to a programme that provides food, housing and jobs for addicts
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A collection of photographs by Brazilian photographer and filmmaker, Gabriel Chaim, who specialises in humanitarian conflict. This project focuses on people affected by the crisis
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Photographer Marcos DiPaola witnesses the bravery of the burial teams as they deal with the victims of Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia
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Mozambique is holding elections on Wednesday, with the ruling Frelimo party having to defend itself against accusations of landgrabs
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Njala Giema is a village in eastern Sierra Leone, set deep in the forest off the highway from Kenema to Kailahun. The hamlet had a population of about 200 people; at least 61 have died since Ebola struck in May
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With the help of an NGO that campaigns to alleviate the plight of manual scavengers, former human waste gatherer Uganta Umarwal has transformed her life for the better
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One year has passed since the armed group M23 withdrew from Kiwanja town in eastern Congo, ending an 18-month uprising
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People who have lost members of their household to the virus are often confined to their homes for weeks, making it difficult to collect food and other essentials
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Farmers harvest the tangy fruit by scaling the trees on which it grows. Its pulp is ground into a powder, which is sold in markets and used for flavouring drinks
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Lunae Parracho documents Ka’por Indians taking charge of their territory, patrolling and expelling loggers
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Bangladesh’s Urdu-speaking minority community, sometimes known as Biharis, are consigned to live in dire conditions in camps
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Unicef has joined forces with the law firm DLA Piper to bolster the standard of care and treatment of Bangladeshi children who come into contact with the law as victims, witnesses and offenders
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We asked readers to submit photographs showing an alternative side to life in some of the world's most politically volatile locations, in response to Foreign Policy's 'Postcards from Hell' showing images of 50 fragile states. Here are some of our favourites
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More than 40 tons of emergency food supplies and seed – enough to feed 1,100 families – have been delivered to Leer, northern South Sudan, by the International Red Cross
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Photographer Jerome Delay documents life for Muslim refugees at the Catholic church in Carnot
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More than a billion people around the world subsist on a dollar a day, or less. The reasons differ but the day-to-day hardship of their lives are very similar
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More than one million Syrians have been forced to seek refuge in the neighbouring country. Many families live in abandoned buildings such as shops or storerooms. They depend on the generosity of relatives and neighbours to survive
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A locust plague in Madagascar threatens the livelihoods of 13 million people in Madagascar. If untreated, infestations could obliterate food crops and livestock-grazing lands
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Just three years after South Sudan's hard-won secession from the north, the world's newest state is facing serious risk of famine as post-ceasefire clashes continue to disrupt the delivery of emergency aid. This week, humanitarian groups urged world leaders to donate half a billion dollars to stave off the impending catastrophe threatening the lives of millions of conflict-stricken people
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Michael Luongo: With pledges of $5.4bn for Gaza’s postwar reconstruction, and hotels intact, some see a chance to reconnect with the world
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Andrew Brown: The tents left over from our invasion of Afghanistan could easily be brought in to save Iraqi refugees’ lives – but it requires David Cameron to act now
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Editorial: The old Washington consensus is under mounting challenge. Reducing inequality is morally right and economically necessary
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James Ball: The Ebola outbreak is serious, but the nature of the epidemic is often misunderstood – and inappropriate measures suggested
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Sede Alonge: African migrants are not Europe’s problem alone. The AU should try to limit illegal migration and make Africa more appealing to its people
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Priyamvada Gopal: Critics say India has too much poverty for such an endeavour. But space exploration should not be the preserve of the rich west
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Joseph Harker: The death of Dr Olivet Buck after the WHO refused to fly her out of Sierra Leone is not just wrong: it’s making the Ebola epidemic worse
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Jeremy Seabrook: The concept, which is supposed to transcend ideology, obscures the role of the west in creating disasters in the first place
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Tony Juniper: Jonathon Porritt’s suggestion that poor countries should be able to cut down trees presents false notions about trading environmental for development goals
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Joseph E Stiglitz: Simple political changes can reverse the decades of growing inequality wrought by Reaganism and Thatcherism
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Without a clear strategic basis for partnering with NGOs, businesses will find the initial warm fuzzy feelings will fade into disappointment
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Barry Eichengreen: The Brics' dissatisfaction with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the role of the dollar in the global monetary system is understandable
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Editorial: It can’t be right to force migrants to seek more and more hazardous ways of getting in to Europe
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Priyanka Chopra: Female genital mutilation and child marriage destroy childhoods, but supporting girls and women will boost the lives of boys and men too
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Helen Clark: Despite overwhelming evidence that a stitch in time saves nine, aid spending on prevention and preparedness remains tiny
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Steven A Zyck: From mobile phone companies to insurers, innovative businesses are figuring out how to profit while meeting the needs of impoverished, war-torn or disaster-affected communities
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Milton Hatoum: At the heart of Brazil's shame – whether in football or in politics – is the disdain those at the top feel for those at the bottom
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Editorial: The world's youngest country is three years old. Has it been failed by everyone else?
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Paul Mason: Populations with access to technology and a sense of their human rights will not accept inequality
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Global development podcast What does the Ebola crisis reveal about the state of global health? – podcast
The tardy initial response to the Ebola outbreak in west Africa was compounded by flawed health systems. We examine why the global health community was so slow to mobilise, and what can be done to prevent a recurrence of the crisis
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Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Ghana's minister for trade and industry, believes the international community did not mobilise swiftly enough in the face of the Ebola outbreak. Arguing that neither European nor African countries have done enough to support the states affected, he has called for faster, more coordinated action from governments and improved pre-planning to deal with unexpected crises
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Somaliland president, Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud Silanyo, on how his country is appealing to governments for recognition
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Global development podcast What does the Ebola crisis mean for long-term progress in Sierra Leone and Liberia? – podcast
What weaknesses has the Ebola outbreak exposed in the infrastructure of west Africa? Lisa O'Carroll investigates
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Mexico's complex and polarised abortion debate has had a direct impact on the lives of two young women in the country
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Running a takeaway in a slum in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is hard work, from shopping in the market at night to getting up at 2am to start cooking
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More people have access to mobile phones than to bog-standard sanitation around the world
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Alex Duval Smith reports from Timbuktu and Bamako, one year after Mali elected a new president
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Nine-year-old 'Nicu' writes home to his mother in Romania, but his descriptions of wealth are far removed from his life of exploitation
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Ayman, one of about 3 million Syrian refugees living outside his homeland, is building a life in Edinburgh
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Africa is not on autopilot to some gilded age, warns Kingsley Moghalu, deputy governor of Nigeria's central bank
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Robert Booth visits the construction site of the al-Wakrah stadium, where workers now have improved facilities following reforms in Qatar
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Nepalese men employed in Qatar's construction industry tell how they work for little or no pay as they build the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup
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Girls share their thoughts on what holds them back, their dreams for the future, and what they think about boys
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A former 'cutter', a community leader, and a teenager who narrowly escaped circumcision explain why the practice should be eradicated
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The development of land in Mali and other African states poses unique opportunities for business, but can often spell catastrophe for the families who have lived and farmed in these areas for generations
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Kenya is on the verge of takeoff, with huge quantities of natural resources. But the flipside is that the country's leaders are not delivering good governance
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Former head of Kenya's anti-corruption taskforce, John Githongo, says politicians across the continent have become less transparent
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William Easterly on how he changed his mind on human rights and development
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Play the Global development game: identify the world's countries and territories, rank them according to GDP then fingers at the ready for the picture round
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To mark World Food Day, why not see if you can make your culinary knowledge bear fruit? If you know your oats from your oils, then pit your wits against our food game. With the timer eating away vital seconds, you'll need to guess where different world foods come from, rank countries by rates of undernourishment, and negotiate a tricky picture round. If you've got an appetite for the challege, just click below to get started …
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Do you know your super greens, grains and fruits and where they originate from?
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There are only 500 days until the MDGs, established to tackle the world's biggest problems, expire
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Thirsty for knowledge about water? Dive into our quiz to test how much you know about H2O
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OECD countries say they give developing countries billions of dollars in aid each year. Do you know what counts as aid? And do you know how much countries are spending?
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Can you tell your quinoa from your bulgur? Test your knowledge of the world's oldest grains
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The honey that heals, the app that helps reunite families after natural disasters, Haiti's miracle moringa tree – which of our dozen development innovations caught your eye?
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From high-level panel meetings on the future of development to the G8 in Lough Erne and climate talks in Warsaw, the world of international development has had an awful lot to say for itself over the past 12 months. Were your ears pricked? Test your powers of attention paying with our quiz of 2013
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Pit your wits against Hans Rosling, the data Jedi master. The Swedish professor presents, Don't Panic: The Truth About Population, on BBC2 on Thursday
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Six months after the Rana Plaza factory disaster, campaigners are calling for improved worker safety in Bangladesh. Should consumers likewise take action? Vote in our poll
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Senior Ukip politician Godfrey Bloom has said Britain should not be sending foreign aid to 'bongo bongo land', although when challenged on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday morning, he admitted he did not know where that might be.
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The UK government has broken its election promise to enshrine into law the target to spend 0.7% of GNI on aid
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Each year, International Rivers holds a day of action for rivers and against dams to draw attention to the plight of many of the world's waterways. Do you know your Mississippi from your Mekong?
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Test your wits in our global development quiz of 2012
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Test your wits in our global development quotes quiz of 2012
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UK development secretary Justine Greening is expected to decide in mid-December on the future of aid to Rwanda. What do you think she should do?
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UK development secretary Justine Greening is working on plans to cut back British aid to India. Is she right?
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If you had limited resources, which would you fund first: early, primary, secondary or higher education?
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We've had comment on the Poverty Matters blog backing each of the three candidates. Who do you think should win?
Was UK aid watchdog right to accuse DfID of failing to tackle corruption?