Development and
Cooperation

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.

Roots of poverty

Risky pregnancies

Slow progress on maternal mortality

Professional staff

Pharmacists matter in disaster relief

Not rated high enough: pharmacists in times of disaster

Comment

A double espresso

MDG summit's fine rhetorik must be followed up with action

Violence

Aid at risk on many fronts

Humanitarian agencies must not over-react to new risks

Comment

Pakistani dilemma

Internationally, people seem to have tiered of Pakistan’s problems

Good Governance

Evidence-based decisions

Malawis record of poverty and social impact assessments

Editorial

Smallish and insufficient

Climate change and the disaster of summer 2010

Water

A right with no consequences

Water: A right with no consequences

Haiti

Dangerous camps

Haiti: Sexualised violence in refugee camps

Journalism

Disaster reporting

Journalists’ job in disaster prevention