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Dawn French and vicars in Trafalgar Square. Photo: Christian Aid/Brenda Hayward
International Development is complex - there's no one cure-all solution; it can even be difficult to get agreement on what the problem is.

In our introduction to some of the issues, you'll discover how health, poverty, education, aid,war, peace and debt all interplay, and how some answers just throw up more questions.
BBC FOUR goes to school
Share the everyday hopes and triumphs of teachers and pupils with BBC FOUR's African School.
Dancing in an African School
After peace
You can't assume that the same solution will work everywhere for reconstructing peace, says Joe Hanlon
A building in Albania damaged during civil unrest
Enough giving?
Crises and poverty call for a delicate balancing interplay between charity, aid and development.
Collecting Tins
Developing yourself
If you've got an interest in development issues, why just stop at making a donation? Follow our advice for taking it further.
Taking It Further
On the move
You don't have to be a refugee to have a feeling of being uprooted - discover more about displacement and development.
Mohammad and baby
The growing hole
Joe Hanlon argues that despite generous aid programmes, poor countries are doomed to getting driven deeper in debt.
Dawn French presents Tony Blair with a petition
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