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href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/en\/articles\/building-inclusive-societies-in-fragile-states\/\">Building inclusive societies in fragile states<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"pubDate\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Seth Kaplan<\/a>\t\t |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAugust 08, 2025\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">A major reason why less developed countries fail to develop is the structural exclusion of large segments of their population from their economic, social and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/en\/articles\/building-inclusive-societies-in-fragile-states\/\" class=\"more\">read more<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-content\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/en\/articles\/calm-before-the-storm\/\">Calm before the storm?<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"pubDate\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/en\/authors\/hollander-saskia\/\">Saskia Hollander<\/a>, <a 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class=\"pubDate\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Ben&nbsp;White<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Miguel&nbsp;Heilbron<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;|&nbsp;20 November 2014\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<!-- body blog_post --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInnovative early stage ventures that potentially have a high social and environmental impact, but require less than \u20ac1 million in capital are the most difficult&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\" class=\"more\">read more<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-content\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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