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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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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...

Economic policy
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Interrelated challenges

African policymakers must consider several cross-cutting trends

Covid-19
Hans-Joachim Preuss

African responses

Sub-Saharan health-care systems tend to be weak, so preventive action is needed in view of Covid-19

Pandemic
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Scientific mind-set versus covidiots

Religious obscurantism is making it harder to prevent Covid-19

Human rights
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Humanity or barbarism

EU refugee policy raises doubts that the EU takes human rights as seriously as it preaches to others

Covid-19
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Global action urgently needed

An incomplete selection of important statements concerning global response to Covid-19

South Asia
Richa Arora

Rule-bound governance matters

As civil-society space is shrinking in India, ODA agencies should consider their stance

Demographic dividend
Samir Abi

Demographic change as a driver of economic growth

Will Africa really profit from a demographic dividend?

Population growth
Samir Abi

Global challenge

Africa needs 450 million new jobs to benefit from the demographic dividend

Agriculture
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Facing down the armyworm pest

Zambia is debating ways to stop the annual invasion of armyworms that attack its staple crops

Corona virus
Shora Azarnoush

Suddenly overwhelmed health sector

Why Iran is struggling to come to girps with the new corona virus

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
Why you might find our newsletter useful

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
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A story is always part of the currents of its time
Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Why many East Germans think they are only second-class citizens
Tuberculosis in Mozambique
When new medications lose their efficacy immediately
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
In Pakistan, authoritarian attitudes are a colonial legacy

Sustainability

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

Why many East Germans think they are only second-class citizens
Tuberculosis in Mozambique
When new medications lose their efficacy immediately
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
In Pakistan, authoritarian attitudes are a colonial legacy