International development

While some of the world prospers, hundreds of millions of people are trapped living on $2 a day or less. Can international aid help them out of the trap? Can some of the diseases that cut hideous swathes through their children be stopped? Is population growth swamping what progress has been made?

The Guardian Weekly's International Development section looks into and beyond the aid industry, looking particularly for the stories of successes, good news about projects that have improved the lives of the world's poorest people.

You might read about the success of microfinance in Africa, the impacts of dams in Latin America, or the roadblocks on the way to the global eradication of polio.

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