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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...

Global data
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Poverty is worsening

Why the World Bank expects extreme poverty to increase dramatically this year

Food security
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

The ravages of acute hunger

In Zimbabwe, people increasingly worry not what, but whether they will eat tomorrow

Business support
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

“There is no shortage of ideas, just a shortage of money”

With WIDU.africa, micro-enterprises can receive funding from the diaspora and public grants

International NGO
Rabson Kondowe

Mother Earth’s food diversity

Slow Food is a global grassroots organisation, which was founded in Italy in 1989

Ethnic minority
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Safe so far

Though India is badly affected by Covid-19, two Adivasi villages in West Bengal have not suffered infections yet

Traditional crops
Rabson Kondowe

Useful lessons

In Malawi, Slow Food campaigners are promoting the cultivation of traditional crops – and not only for health reasons

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Taking stock of pandemic impacts

Covid-19 is proving to be an even more complex and longer lasting challenge than initially expected

Chile
Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

Concepción in lockdown

Constitutional referendum amidst coronavirus restrictions raises questions

Lifestyles
Thuany Rodrigues

Facing a global challenge

Healthier diets would help to control Brazil’s obesity epidemic

Population growth
Jakkie Cilliers

Putting Africa first

A ‘demographic dividend’ is a first step towards eradicating poverty in Africa

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