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Development and cooperation

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Poverty Reduction

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

Ravi Khetarpal
Roli Mahajan

The Global NARS Consortium’s revolutionary approach to food security

To date, agricultural research has been mostly geared to issues relevant to high-income nations. Developing countries’ national agricultural research systems (NARS) deserve much more influence – and a new consortium is being established to serve that purpose. ...

Food
John Ulimwengu
Josée Randriamamonjy
Cleo Roberts

Need in a land of plenty

In spite of the DRC's huge agricultural potential, many people lack vital nutrients

Nowadays
Anthony Mulowa

Escaping poverty

Nowadays: a grassroots entrepreneur escapes poverty

Trade union
Doris Fischer

No Revolution

Foxconn to improve workers’ representation a bit, but labour relations in China will not change dramatically

Entrepreneurship
Carolina Carias

Village money

In Honduras, the promotion of entrepreneurship based on locally available assets is boosting development

Primary education
Tom Frenzel
Svetla Dimitrov
Till Voigts

School for slum children

The Glory Future Model Schools shows how to motivate primary school teachers in Bangladesh

Rural democracy
Ipsita Sapra

Living in the villages

After 25 years of elected village councils in India, democracy still needs to be deepened

Institutions
Anja Strautz

From NGO to commercial bank

From NGO to formal bank: Acleda in Cambodia has a stunning success story to tell

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Specific business models

All dimensions of unspectacular, conventional banking are needed to drive development

Finance
Geoffrey Muzigiti
Oliver Schmidt

Moving forward

Financial inclusion is poor in sub-Saharan Africa, but improving thanks to formal sector banks and microfinance providers.

Arab spring
Yasser Alwan

“Jobs are hard to find”

An eyewitness assesses Egypt's situation two years after the uprising against Hosni Mubarak: "Tough and confusing times"

Poverty Reduction

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

The Global NARS Consortium’s revolutionary approach to food security
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
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Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi

Gender Equality

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

A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
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A story is always part of the currents of its time
Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi
Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda

Governance

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

History did not end
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
How opium became a pillar of the British Empire
The forgotten Arab slave trade
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Sustainability

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

History did not end
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
How opium became a pillar of the British Empire
The forgotten Arab slave trade
Why you might find our newsletter useful