Ghana "empty pockets" -- Malawi tangled web -- Nigeria illbeing and insecurity -- Bangladesh waves of disaster -- India gains and stagnation in bihar and andhra pradesh -- Indonesia coping with vulnerability and crisis -- Bosnia and herzegovina war-torn lives -- Bulgaria reeling from change -- Kyrgyz republic crumbling support, deepening poverty -- Russian federation struggling against the tide -- Argentina life used to be better -- Brazil gains and losses in the favelas -- Ecuador the perils of poverty -- Jamaica Island in turbulent world