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

10.03.2025

Street beggars

Changing hearts and minds

Government tries ‘mind-set change strategy’ to clear Malawi’s streets of beggars

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by Raphael Mweninguwe

31.05.2021

Rural health care

Medicines and supplies are difficult to find in rural Malawi

Rural Malawians are poorly served by clinics lacking medicines and expertise

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26.05.2021

Forced labour

Slavery in all but name

Slavery is formally illegal in Brazil but in practice it is still widespread

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by Thuany Rodrigues

24.05.2021

Climate change

Why Chile can set an example in environmental protection

Chile lost the chance to host COP25 on its soil in 2019, but could shine at COP26

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by Waldo Soto Bruna

19.05.2021

Learning Chinese

The Mandarin road to success

Learning to speak Chinese opens a wide range of job opportunities in Zambia

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by Derrick Silimina

Derrick Silimina

17.05.2021

Mass suffering

India’s disastrous second Covid-19 wave

Coronavirus is ravaging India’s cities and rural areas

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by Roli Mahajan

12.05.2021

Uganda

More malaria and infectious diseases

Uganda fears a decline in public health as a result of climate change

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Sabine Balk

12.05.2021

Sustainable Development Goals

Missing the target

The UN is allocating fresh funds to small firms to help Malawi meet SDG goals

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by Raphael Mweninguwe

10.05.2021

Zambia

Think local, buy local

In difficult economic times, Zambia encourages consumers to buy local goods

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by Derrick Silimina

Derrick Silimina

03.05.2021

Global Fund for Social Protection

Social security for all

A Global Fund for Social Protection to help low-income countries finance basic social security

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by Markus Kaltenborn

16.04.2021