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Sustainability

Ebola vaccine proven effective in clinical trial

This public-health success was driven by international, multi-sector cooperation rather than by market forces

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Lessons from the USA

The widening gap between national and individual well-being might explain a large part of the US election results

Weltwärts

Shared norms

Young Indian psychologist writes about her exposure to Germany as a weltwärts volunteer

Social cash transfers

Welfare payments are no longer taboo

Insights from Kalomo, Zambia revolutionise social protection in Africa

eHealth Africa

Fighting polio in spite of ­insurgency

Vaccination programme in Nigeria’s crisis-torn Borno state

Recycling

The Plastic Man

In India, good roads are constructed by using waste plastic

Africa

Disasters waiting to happen

Failure to expand formal youth employment in Africa will mean more unrest, more migration, more crime and more religious extremism

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Ray of hope for Antarctica

Protection of Antarctic waters can serve as a model for international environmental initiatives

Business leaders

Uncertainty is the new norm

Pakistan’s business leaders worry about what President Trump will mean for the former close ally

International community should act to prevent atrocities

Signs of imminent genocide in South Sudan

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Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.