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Money is pouring into Africa, but where is it landing? Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/5094797180/lightbox/"> World Bank (Flickr)</a>

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Does African investment only help the investors?

Some African communities are realizing the recent surge in international investment isn't all good news.

A Pangbourne woman shops for donated, used clothes at an Oxfam shop. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/theboybg/4717773246/in/photostream/">Ben Geach (Flickr)</a>

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Does recycling old clothes reinforce consumerism? And should we care?

One of England's biggest retailers thinks it can sell more clothes by making it easier to recycle old ones.

Women can help drive economic success. So why aren't we using them? Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/6081164334/sizes/m/in/photostream/">World Bank (Flickr)</a>

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Are women the key to economic success?

An economy can’t thrive if half its population is ignored.

Failure to adapt to global climate change led to unrest across the Arab World. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/6argoo3a/6253592631/sizes/m/in/photostream/">Saleem-Homsi (Flickr)</a>

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How climate change puts the heat on governments

Incompetent, unjust governance by some of the Middle East’s worst despots brewed a recipe for disaster before the Arab Spring, but it took climate change to turn up the heat.

<a href="http://www.mercycorps.org/photoessay/landownershipyieldsstrongerhealthiercommunities">View the full Guatemala photo essay. By Jamie Grant for Mercy Corps.</a>

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More than an argument, land conflicts stall economic growth

As battles over land rights increase and intensify, development stalls.

Deals between African governments and foriegn companies are pushing small farmers off their land. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gatesfoundation/5791348682/in/photostream">The Gates Foundation (Flickr)</a>

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Invest in farmers - not land grabs

In the race to buy up African land, small farmers may be the biggest losers.

Protesters wave Egypt's flag. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/caitelle/5403613016/sizes/m/in/photostream/">C. Elle (flickr)</a>

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Turning Arab Spring youth opinions into data - and change

This story was republished in The Christian Science Monitor.

Declaring Internet access a human right would dilute the rights that matter more, says Internet pioneer Vint Cerf. Photo: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vint_Cerf_-_2010.jpg">Veni Markovski (Wikimedia)</a>

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Internet inventor: Poor people deserve livelihoods, not websites

Get real: The Internet isn't a human right.

Post-independence affirmative action policies to redress the class imbalance in India include reserved spots at schools for lower castes. Photo: Thatcher Cook for Mercy Corps.

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Fighting the caste system with capitalism in India

Few Indians make it across the divide between poor and rich. But some so-called “untouchables” who have crossed it see only one way to bring fellow Dalits across: employ them themselves.

A Victorian stained glass window depiction of the "Good Samaritan" story from the Gospel of Luke. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paullew/2566602101/">Photo: Lawrence OP (flickr)</a>

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Could a 'Good Samaritan' law bridge China's growing wealth gap?

This article was republished by The Christian Science Monitor.

The "Fight Back" application will allow woman to report attacks anonymously. Photo:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/97335141@N00/4312389419/">MissMessie (flickr)</a>.

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Technology is helping women fight back against rape

Reporting a rape can be as easy as sending a text message.

Women in New Delhi will soon be able to fight back against attackers with the use of a phone application that alerts friends, family and police, and sends a message to her social networks with a GPS location.

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