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Overseas aid boosts UK jobs and exports at home

New research finds that in addition to reducing poverty overseas, providing aid also directly benefits the British economy.

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UK general election debate

Join representatives from the main parliamentary parties to hear their vision for the UK’s role in the world.
Support refugees to support themselves

Refugees want much more than to just survive; they want to live in safety and dignity and provide for their families.

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Leaders: avert Somalia famine

Ahead of a high-level summit on Somalia, here's why the threat of famine must top the agenda alongside security and stability issues.

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Merylyn Hedger

Bonn climate talks: world presses on despite US retreat
Sara Pantuliano

The Somalia Conference must avert the threat of famine
Dina Mansour-Ille

Lebanon needs more international support to care for Syrian refugees
Raphaelle Faure

Macron vs Le Pen: how the next French president will tackle international development
Romilly Greenhill

Aid and the UK election: what to look for in party manifestos
Louise Ball

Developing and emerging countries buck the ‘post-truth’ trend
Alex Thier, Romilly Greenhill, Barnaby Willitts-King, Nicola Jones, Maximiliano Mendez-Parra, Marta Foresti

UK general election: six global priorities for parties’ manifestos
Nicola Jones

President Trump, the facts show that defunding the UN Population Fund won’t work
Christina Bennett

Crisis appeals cost us political action
Soumya Chattopadhyay

Why we gamified the Sustainable Development Goals
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Refugee livelihoods: moving beyond aid assistance
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Women and the 'Uber-isation' of domestic work
Child labour in the slums of Bangladesh
Europe's expensive and ineffective efforts to stop migration
How the credit crunch is affecting African economies
Striving to survive: Rohingya refugees in Malaysia
Are Latin America and the Caribbean on track to achieve the SDGs by 2030?
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Is sub-Saharan Africa on track to achieve the SDGs by 2030?
Fleeing into the unknown: a journey from Eritrea to England
Women and power: three things you should know
2015 in numbers
Climate finance pledges at COP21
Fossil fuel subsidies: G20 spends billions to push us closer to climate disaster
G20 fossil fuel production subsidies – in numbers
The SDGs must leave no one behind: stories from Ghana
Scaling up humanitarian cash transfers
Rohingya refugees in Malaysia: life after the boat journey

Rohingya refugees in Malaysia: life after the boat journey

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees live in Malaysia. After the perilous boat journey across the Andamen sea, many struggle to rebuild their lives. This photo essay investigates how these refugees survive in Kuala Lumpur.

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