Development and
Cooperation

E-Paper Archive

Poverty reduction

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

TV sets for poor households in Ghana

A Ghanaian businessman runs two companies that tackle the problem of digital waste. He is in competition with informal waste recycling, which has a poor reputation because it damages the environment, exploits workers and exposes them to harmful substances.

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by Hans Dembowski
Urgent issue

Fundamental principle

Social-protection innovations neither serve everyone in developing countries and emerging markets, nor do they cover all risks.

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by Hans Dembowski
Social protection

The South African social contract

Social protection is enshrined in South Africa's constitution, but poverty pervails nonetheless

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by Henning Melber
PEGNet

Challenging complexity

Reducing poverty and achieving sustainability are daunting goals, as PEGNet conference finds

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by Hans Dembowski
News

In brief

Cyclone hits Indian coast, Lampedusa disaster, IPCC report on climate change, post-2015 debate and more

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Public Health

“Mental health issues are totally underrated in Africa”

UN special envoy assesses health-care challenges in Africa

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by Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe
Post-2015 debate

Set the right example

VENRO wants Germany to become a model environmental sustainability and social justice.

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by Ulrich Post
by Klaus Körting
Global challenges

Pay attention to co-benefits

Co-benefits – development efforts can reduce poverty and secure global public goods at the same time

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by Moira Feil
by Mario Stumm
by Jürgen Zattler
Post-2015 agenda

“New spirit”

Members of UN High-Level Panel on Post-2015 Agenda involve business leaders in debate

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Deprivation

Urban poverty

IIED expert says food insecurity is increasingly becoming urban phenomenon

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by Sandra Abild
Food security

Double burden of malnutrition

Why malnutrition hampers child development – and national development as well

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by Susan Walker