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Poverty Reduction

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

Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar

Pakistan’s rural infrastructure is inadequate

Pakistan’s rural infrastructure is inadequate. That was true in 1947, when the country became independent, and in far too many areas, it is still true today. Rural communities generally lack good public services and have too few economic opportunities. Climate...

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

German government officer assesses the limits of ODA

Competences needed for improving international aid efforts

Urban lives

My family succeeded in leaving dismal informal housing

Childhood in a Mumbai slum

Slum-dwellers

India’s commercial hub is a city of migrants

Masses of people who live in Mumbai’s miserable slums appreciate the city’s many opportunities

Obstetric fistula
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange

Marginalised for reasons of health

Obstetric fistula causes suffering and exclusion for many thousands of women

Health
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Medical myths may be deadly – in Zambia, for instance

Zambia’s rise in dead-on-arrival cases may result from misconceptions about Covid-19

Urban life
Thuany Rodrigues

Rio’s poor have reason to fear the police

The vast majority in Brazil’s poor communities are not involved in crime

Shared spaces
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Students live in some of Nairobi’s worst housing

Sanitation, security and safety are secondary considerations for young Kenyans who need a roof over their heads

Affordable housing
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Why the government’s housing policy is failing in Nairobi

Kenya is taking the wrong track by building houses for sale to the urban poor

Infrastructure
Qaabata Boru

Throughout the camp, houses lack adequate sanitation

Water and sanitation infrastructure is inadequate in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp

Refugee camps
Qaabata Boru

Kakuma camp has become a permanent settlement

Living conditions in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp are harsh and dangerous

Poverty Reduction

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

Pakistan’s rural infrastructure is inadequate
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
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.

Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
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.

Words are not enough
Plutocrats expect Trump to serve their interests
AI innovations by Malawian students: Tackling health and agricultural challenges
The long shadow of German colonialism
Why many East Germans think they are only second-class citizens

Sustainability

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

Words are not enough
Plutocrats expect Trump to serve their interests
AI innovations by Malawian students: Tackling health and agricultural challenges
The long shadow of German colonialism
Why many East Germans think they are only second-class citizens