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The upside of markets that failed, suggests Indian economist Jayati Ghosh, is the chance to do better.

Setting out towards a post-corporate, post-carbon world – Rowenna Davis reports.

The ugly side of microfinance

Africa’s great biofuel land grab continues

President Correa sends shockwaves around the world

Rome is bucking the school dinner trend, providing its students with wholesome, organic fare.

Cairo’s ‘garbage people’ are improving their standard of living

A trip to the pedicurist reveals the changing face of Egypt’s middle class to Maria Golia.

Latin America is backing Argentina in its dispute with Britain over oil exploration rights in the Malvinas.

Empowering girls and women in Pakistan

Is hell really other people? Vanessa Baird concludes with some sobering facts and reflections on equality.

Jonathon Porritt and the Corner House offer two very different perspectives on one of the big debates of the day.

How not to run an economy

Cartoon by Polyp

A film about how far we know and trust others, and how other people make us who we are, partly through the stories we hear.