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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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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. ...

Employment
Dirk Niebel

Necessary condition

German minister wants international community to pay more attention to generating employment

Social protection
Floreana Miesen

Know and demand your rights

The need for social safety nets

Natural disasters
Peter Hauff

Great risks, huge challenges

WorldRiskIndex asssess people’s vulnerability in regard to natural catastrophes

Africa
Eva-Maria Verfürth

Three steps forward, one step back

To fight poverty in Africa, fast growth in itself won't do

Self-employment
Peter Musa

Nobody becomes somebody

Nowadays: Peter Musa on motorised taxi services in Cameroon

Solid data
Marcus Stewen

Exposed to global warming

Northeast India is a global leader on adaptation to climate change

Self-employment
Anthony Mulowa

A car of my own

Nowadays: Anthony Mulowa knows the personal dream of a Zambian cab driver

Livelihood
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Selling spring rolls to Filipino students

Nowadays: Alan C. Robles portrays an itinerant food vendor at the University of the Philippines

Charity
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

The goal is to feed five million children by 2020

Nowadays: Aditi Roy Ghatak reports how a faith-based organisation provides mid-day meals to Indian school children

Urban life
Jedida Oneko

Nairobi’s dividing river

Nowadays: Jedida Oneko writes about Nairobi’s dividing river

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