Development and
Cooperation

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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
Comment

An irony of poverty reduction

MDG 1 remains the greatest challenge

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by Hans Dembowski
Development goals

Something to work with

EU Development goals

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by Claudia Isabel Rittel
Social protection

Ways out of old-age poverty

Societies are ageing in many countries

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by Matthias Meissner
Fair-trade travelling

Complex issues

Development opportunities and ethical challenges of tourism

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by Harald A. Friedl
Corporate Social Responsibility

Responsible tourism

Corporate Social Responsibility in the tourism industry

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by Heinz Fuchs
Comment

A historical step

International Labour Conference acknowledges rights of domestic workers

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by Stefan Rother
Global statistics

Careful data management

Disasters and the challenges of database management

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by Angelika Wirtz
Poverty reduction

Goals that make a difference

Accurately assessing the MDGs and meaningful goals beyond

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by Uwe Singer
by Markus Wauschkuhn
Schools

Formal education must be of practical relevance

Higher school enrolment in Africa is leading to new challenges

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by Hans Dembowski
Financial inclusion

Banking the rural poor

Financial services have yet to reach the rural masses in India’s Karnataka

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by Laura Ceresna