When large-scale road projects are completed, some street vendors find the new environments beneficial. In Nkrumah Circle in Accra, the elevated road offers street vendors shelter from the sun and rain. Photo: Lena Fält
Of: Ilda Lindell and Lena Field
As African cities invest billions in new road infrastructure, the projects are touted as engines of growth and modernization. But research from six cities shows that those who pay the highest price are often the most vulnerable: market and street vendors who lose their livelihoods, sometimes with just a day's notice. This is what cultural geographers Lena Fält and Ilda Lindell write in a guest analysis for Utvecklingsmagasinet.
July 3, 2026, Guest analysis
In Niassa, Cabo Delgado, and Nampula, the lives of over 55,000 people were directly improved by a Swedish funded agricultural program, writes Diamantino Nhampossa. Image: Kajsa Johansson/We Effect
Of: Diamantino Nhampossa
Fifty years of partnership. Eight months' notice. In December 2025, the Swedish government announced the end of its bilateral development cooperation with Mozambique – a decision that has shocked both partners and population alike at a time of fragile political and humanitarian conditions, writes diamond Nhampossa, Country Office Manager for We Effect Mozambique.
April 13, 2026, Guest chronicle
Of: Tilde Brandelius
On February 28, Israel and the United States attacked Iran, starting a conflict that has sent shockwaves across the Middle East and the rest of the world. In a series of columns, our correspondents tell how the war has been received in countries around the world. Tilde Brandelius is FUF's correspondent in Vietnam in the spring of 2026.
March 24, 2026, FUF-correspondents, Think piece
Development economist and researcher Ann-Sofie Isaksson talks about the research project in Malawi. The results indicate that aid projects that contribute to households' improved financial conditions to control their own situation have a positive effect on reducing chronic malnutrition in children. Images: Ann-Sofie Isaksson, Canva.
Of: Elina Malmberg
In June 2023, the government decided that the Swedish Research Council would no longer be tasked with financing new projects under the area Udevelopment research. Research support in international development has thus decreased by two-thirds in two years. Developmentklingsmagasinet has spoken with Ann-Sofie Isaksson, development economist and researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies and the University of Gothenburg, om developmentaleeconomic research and the consequences of cuts.
June 9, 2025, Interview
Keza smiles for the camera. She is one of the Rwandan schoolchildren who now study in English from the 1st grade at one of the schools in Bumba, made possible by income from tourism. Photo: Elis Josefsson/Utvecklingsmagasinet
Of: Elis Josefsson
Rwanda has invested heavily in tourism and making its unique nature accessible to attract visitors. Along the Congo Nile Trail, FUF correspondent Elis Josefsson meets enthusiasts who, through tourism, create opportunities for the development of local communities. At the same time, major challenges remain in the country, such as widespread poverty and a lack of educational opportunities.
May 6, 2025, FUF-correspondents, Reportage
In the middle, the then EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Utriainen, during a Global Gateway Forum 2023 together with (from right) board member of Africa Finance Corporation, Angolan Minister of Economic Coordination, Congolese Deputy for Transport and Communications, Zambian Minister of Finance and National planning, US Special Presidential Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security and finally Vice Chairman of the Development Bank Group. Image: Nicolas Landemard/Wikimedia Commons.
Of: Patrik Ölvestad
In an interview with Utvecklingsmagasinet tells Chloe The tee van, expert on the think tank European Center for Development Policy Manageement (ECDPM), om digital infrastructure as a tool for local societysdevelopment and reflects on how well these initiatives succeed to respond to civil society needs in the African partner countries.
December 16, 2024, Interview
Limited international support does not stop the organization United Youth for Peace and Sustainable Development from making a difference. Here several of the organization's members can be seen tilling the land to enable the cultivation of, among other things, eddoes, ginger and pepper. Photo: Aaron PF Ballah.
Of: Adam hansen
Just over two decades since Liberia's second civil war ended, the country has made great strides . In the center we find a driven, young generation that does everything to preserve peace in the country – including through agriculture.
- The young generation bears full responsibility for Liberia's future. We can solve many of today's problems if we use the potential of agriculture, he says God, program manager at the civil society organization UYPASD.
May 20, 2024, Reportage
Margarethe (left) and Alice (right) are both beef farmers from the Netherlands. They have gathered in Brussels with other farmers to demonstrate against the EU's free trade agreement with Ukraine. Image: Jakob Kerren.
Of: Jakob Kerren
Intensive peasant protests has put EU politicians under pressure. The farmers are angry about the Union's free trade agreement with third countries. The problem is only that one of the who need every penny in the war against Russia.
May 13, 2024, FUF-correspondents, Reportage
The world's largest lithium reserves are found in the so-called lithium triangle in South America. China's influence over the continent is increasing – among other things, by the country investing in the extraction of minerals. Pictured: Lithium mine in Jujuy province, Argentina. Photo: Earthworks. Source: Flickr.
Of: Daniel Diaz
In step with the green transition and the increased production of electric cars, the world is hungry for the "white gold" - lithium. Latin America could become a geopolitical projection surface as economic superpowers fight over access to lithium, and this could have consequences for both the environment and people.
January 29, 2024, Development magazine explains
Global minimum tax of 15 percent and that companies must pay tax to a greater extent where their goods are consumed. It is proposed by the OECD to equalize economic inequality in the world. But several steps remain before the proposal can become a reality. Photo: OECD. Source: Flickr.
Of: Elin Prestgaard
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has developed suggestions new, global tax rules with the aim of reducing tax planning and equalizing global gaps in the world. The proposal has been criticized both for being too far-reaching and a paper product that will not have sufficient effect. In October the government submitted a bill to the Riksdag on the proposal, which is proposed to be implemented in Swedish law the January 1, 2024.
December 22, 2023, Development magazine explains
