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Sustainability
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News of the week

News summary 3 January to 9 January

Insurance industry
Anja Strautz

New horizons

International insurance companies are increasingly interested in African markets

Social inclusion
Theresa Krinninger

Develop capacities

CBM: The concerns of people with disabilities belong on the SDG agenda

Photovoltaics
Engidaw Abel Hailu
Hans-Christoph Neidlein

“I see a huge potential”

Ethiopian university is building renewable-energy capacities

South-south cooperation
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

China’s role in Africa

Südwind study assess the impact of China’s engagement in Africa

United Nations
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The road to dignity

UN secretary-general’s synthesis report on the post-2015 agenda demands: end hunger and save the planet

Pharmaceuticals
Christoph Suess

Research protects the poor

Investing in innovative pharmaceuticals to tackle poverty-related illnesses

Loans

Challenges ahead

The aspiration of TYM, Vietnam's leading microfinance institution, is to become a full-blown bank

Media development
Alexander Matschke

Freedom of expression promotes democracy

Alexander Matschke: Promoting free media is a task for development policy

Multilateral affairs
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Global stability

Industrurialised countries must spell out how they intend to fulfil funding pledges made at UN climate summits

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

The literary power of Black women writers
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”