global development
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Big firms in emerging markets accused of 'pathetic levels of transparency'Failure to disclose structures, holdings and key financial information has allowed corruption to thrive, finds Transparency International study
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Wounded in spirit, the country needs the salve of mutual forgivenessThe violence that broke out in Wau recently showed just how far South Sudan has to go to reconcile its deep-rooted political and ethnic divisions -
Post-Brexit sterling decline will cost poor countries $4bn, claims studyOverseas Development Institute identifies reduced trade, fall in value of aid money and declining growth among factors that could hit poor countries -
Defying India's caste and gender taboosYoung women are challenging traditional roles to train as taxi drivers, part of a programme to empower children from marginalised families
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Seed scheme offers kernel of hope after conflictThe World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organisation are collaborating on a scheme to reinvigorate food production in Central African Republic, where prolonged conflict has undermined food security
news
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Global fish production approaching sustainable limit, UN warnsAround 90% of the world’s stocks are now fully or overfished and production is set to increase further by 2025, according to report from UN’s food body
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UK government pledges £100m to help world's poorest girls make the gradeFunds to be channeled towards improving opportunities for marginalised girls as UK backs global push for universal primary and secondary education by 2030
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Less aid money, less influence: Brexit's likely hit to the UK's development roleThe pound’s precipitous fall has already sliced into the aid budget, and the vote to leave the EU could signal a more inward-looking agenda
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Venezuelans storm Colombia border city in search of food and basic goodsFive hundred women pour into markets of Cúcuta to buy toilet paper, flour and other goods as economic crisis in Venezuela deepens
in depth
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'There is no escape': Nairobi's air pollution sparks Africa health warningPollution in the Kenyan capital is ‘beyond imagination’. With Africa’s predicted rise in population – and a constant stream of dirty secondhand cars from Europe and Japan – this urban health crisis could kill 1.5 million within a generation
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Mental health experts in Sierra Leone aim to pluck out heart of Ebola mysteryCounsellors in Sierra Leone are drawing on their experience of the country’s civil war to offer emotional and pyschological support to those affected by Ebola
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Climate change plagues Madagascar's poor: 'The water rose so fast'Severe droughts and floods have had a devastating impact on the island’s rural poor, who are reliant on small-scale farming or fishing
talking points
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Why is the rape crisis in rural India passing under the radar?Rape is far more prevalent in India’s towns and villages than in cities. Why did it take a media outcry for police in Kerala to investigate Jisha’s rape and murder?
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In Brazil, women are fighting against the sexist impeachment of Dilma RousseffFeminists who were on opposing sides are uniting to support the ousted first female president and protest against growing attacks on women’s rights
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A new financial bond is helping us get more girls into schools in IndiaA pioneering method of financing education, with returns based on results, aims to tackle the deep-seated inequality faced by millions of girls
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Working together, we have a real chance to make global education a realityWorld leaders tasked with exploring education funding have a clear message for the UN secretary general: to put schooling first is to put society first
pictures, video & audio
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Trash and treasure in Brazil's Jóquei landfill – in picturesThe Lixão do Jóquei is scheduled to be closed this year, but hundreds of people still make a dangerous living from scavenging amid its mounds of trash
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Written on the body: messages of peace, loss and unity from South SudanPhotographer Robert Fogarty marks the fifth birthday of South Sudan with portraits of people bearing messages of hope for their war-torn country
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From skyrises to traffic jams: our densely populated planet – in picturesGlobal population hit 7.3 billion people midway through 2015, an increase of 2 billion since 1990. Falling birth rates are being countered by a rise in life expectancy
games & quizzes
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Humanitarian aid quiz: are you good in a crisis?Reckon you could teach world humanitarian summit delegates a thing or two about aid? Take our quiz and find out if you’re a wizard on human welfare
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World Water Day quiz – are you a fount of wisdom?Access to water is a basic human right, but roughly one in 10 people globally are without a safe source. To mark World Water Day, try our quiz
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The world's most powerful people – quizAre you a superpower on sovereignty? Take our quiz to find out if you’re presidential material when it comes to people in power
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Where is your boss more likely to be a woman? Take our global inequality quizAre you top of the rich list when it comes to knowing about inequality or is your knowledge bank a little bit empty?
on this site
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Women's rights and gender equality in focusWomen's rights and gender equality in focus'How can a girl become a taxi driver?': defying India's caste and gender taboosYoung women are challenging traditional roles to train as taxi drivers, part of a programme to empower children from marginalised families
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Modern-day slavery in focusModern-day slavery in focusWorst-offender lists biased towards rich countries won’t help us fight slaveryForget big-picture statistics – in-depth, site-specific analyses that reveal supply chains tainted with slavery are what we need to tackle human exploitation
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networks
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Global Development Professionals NetworkGlobal Development Professionals NetworkThe phrase 'economic development' has bad associations in Latin AmericaThere are better ways of living; we don’t have to prioritise growth above everything else
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Guardian Africa networkGuardian Africa network'There is no escape': Nairobi's air pollution sparks Africa health warningPollution in the Kenyan capital is ‘beyond imagination’. With Africa’s predicted rise in population – and a constant stream of dirty secondhand cars from Europe and Japan – this urban health crisis could kill 1.5 million within a generation
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'There's no money in it': prize-winning African author says writers must diversify to surviveTwo of the prestigious Caine Prize nominees had only been published in online journals, as power shifts from publishers to literary collectives
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#Zimshutdown2016 and the new protest politics taking root in ZimbabweEven Robert Mugabe’s most ardent supporters are beginning to voice support for the widespread anti-regime protests
SDGs We must act fast on the global goals, or risk leaving the poorest behind