Poverty Reduction

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

Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains

Three days of unusually heavy rain caused devasting flooding and landslides in Nepal in late September. Events like this are becoming normal around the world and getting less attention than they did in the past. Nepal faces significant challenges in protecting...

Dalit kitchen

A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Shahu Patole’s book “Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada” highlights the rich culinary traditions of marginalised Dalit communities in Maharashtra, using food as a lens to explore caste, identity, and resilience in the face of historical discrimination.

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Sexual abuse

Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi

In Malawi, female fish traders face a troubling practice known as ”sex for fish,” where they are solicited for sex in exchange for fish supply.

Debt restructuring

Cold war inside the G20 Common Framework

Because Zambia’s creditors are pursuing diverging interests, debt restructuring is hard to conclude.

Sovereign debt

Zambia’s difficult quest for debt restructuring

Hichilema government achieves slow, but steady progress towards making burden of sovereign debt bearable.

Drug-resistant TB

India’s promising approach to tackling drug-resistant TB

How an essential innovative pharmaceutical became affordable

Tuberculosis

In India, eradicating TB is a multi-dimensional challenge

Poverty has an impact on the prevalence of TB and has even contributed to the evolution of drug-resistant strains

Environmental health

Why some Indian farmers are backing away from rice cultivation

Four decades after the green revolution, the associated environmental problems are becoming increasingly obvious.

Our view

Lessons of failure

The recent outbreak of mpox in Africa does not only threaten people who live in the affected areas. It is also a test case for assessing whether the international community has learned the lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Crop management

The problems with Glyphosate

Glyphosate/Roundup is a prominent recent example of a pesticide causing controversy