DevelopmentHaiti's double bind It’s not just the state which is failing, but an international community that preaches democracy while financing a corrupt elite By Sandra Weiss
DevelopmentWaive the patents, defeat the pandemic The vaccine rollout is too slow, even in rich countries. A patent waiver could rapidly expand vaccine supplies — and deliver global justice By Benny Kuruvilla
DevelopmentHow to electrify African transport Transport investments will be crucial in determining whether Africa follows an equitable, zero-carbon development path By Mohamed Hegazy
DevelopmentHow the green revolution is harming Africa How current efforts to improve food security in Africa are increasing small farmers’ dependence on global agribusinesses By Jayati Ghosh
DevelopmentChina takes the lead in development finance China has provided developing countries extra resources they had long sought from the West. But its lending has to become more sustainable By Kevin P. Gallagher , Rebecca Ray
DevelopmentFarmers vs. the Indian state Contrary to what Narendra Modi's government thinks, the huge open-air farmers’ protests outside Delhi may not fizzle out By Jayati Ghosh
DevelopmentWant vaccines fast? Suspend Intellectual Property Rights Without a production of generic versions of the vaccine, there won’t be enough shots to go around — even in rich countries By Achal Prabhala , Arjun Jayadev , Dean Baker
DevelopmentThe failed revolution Ten years after the Arab Spring, the Middle East and North Africa are the largest conflict zone in the world. What happened? By Franz Maget
DevelopmentSex-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
DevelopmentVictory 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
The next stage of Dutch populism? The sentiments expressed in uprisings in the Netherlands — and fuelled by right-wing populists — strikingly resemble those from the Capitol riots
The EU's vaccine 'non-diplomacy' The EU disregards the Chinese and Russian vaccines. But without financial support, that's a luxury Europe's East can't afford
The EU's bad Friday announcement The EU-UK vaccine row has repoliticised the Northern Ireland Protocol and damaged the prospects for its smooth implementation