Poverty Reduction

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

Whose development?

“Global development” is a standard term in international affairs. It roughly stands for improving people’s standard of life. Scholars and policymakers in former colonies, however, like to ask the question: “Whose development?” The point is that the former colo...

Socio-economic empowerment

A president under fire

A president under fire

Interview with Carola Donner-Reichle

Staff shortages in the health sector

Staff shortages in the health sector

Higher salaries needed

Higher salaries needed

Poverty

Growth alone won’t do

Growth alone won’t do

World Bank

A fresh start needed

A fresh start needed

Agricultural development

“Inclusive processes are essential”

“Inclusive processes are essential”

John M. Powell, UN World Food Programme

“There are no surpluses”

“There are no surpluses”

Double failure

Double failure

Donor policy

Auditors criticise US food aid as bureaucratic and…

Auditors criticise US food aid as bureaucratic and inefficient

Disaster relief and development

After the tsunami

After the tsunami

Governance

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

Sustainability

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