China needs to make sure that its economic co-operation brings lasting benefits to Africa’s people in the form of development and better governance. Otherwise the relationship is in danger of souring, warns René N’Guettia Kouassi.
The problems associated with a global population of perhaps 11bn by 2050 are already beginning to loom large, but Joergen Oerstroem Moeller warns that the real challenges will come when by mid-century populations begin to shrink and economic growth becomes constrained
The deadline for the UN’s ambitious Millennium Development Goals is looming large, but their architect Kofi Annan warns against premature pessimism and looks at what is already being achieved. What is needed now, he says, is for political leaders to explain why the MDGs are vital to us all