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The failed revolution

Ten years after the Arab Spring, the Middle East and North Africa are the largest conflict zone in the world. What happened?

Sex-ratio imbalances have grim consequences for societies

A society with too little women — and too many ‘excess men’ — is more prone to conflict and violence

By Clara Neupert-Wentz

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Victory for the Mother of the Nation

With a clever rebranding, de facto prime minister Aung San Suu Kyi and her party have won a landslide in Myanmar's election

By Bernt Berger

Reuters

The case for an EU Development Bank

With its own development bank, the EU could drive global decarbonisation and development — instead of waiting for the US and China to act

By Werner Hoyer

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The end of a beauty pageant for investors

The World Bank's Doing Business Index was manipulated to push neoliberal policies. Now it will finally be discontinued

By Helmut Reisen

Reuters

What the EU can learn from China’s development efforts in Africa

China has not only greatly reduced poverty at home. For African states, it has become a reliable alternative to Western donors

By Philani Mthembu

Reuters

Belarus' IT sector could face a mass exodus

Since 1990, Belarus' tech industry has flourished under the government's protection — until it became involved in politics

By Sergei Lavrinenko

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A wake-up call for Africa?

Africa’s governments and their partners must not stop at fighting Covid-19. The continent needs a new economic model

By Hans-Joachim Preuss

Reuters

Pay attention to the Global South!

While large stimulus packages are launched in the Global North, austerity and inequality amplify social conflict in the South

By Philipp Kauppert

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Digitalisation's mixed development record

Does digitalisation drive future-proof development for the Global South? A closer look fuels doubt about too much optimism