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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...

Refugees
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Earning a living with pottery

To escape poverty, a young refugee started to sell self-made pottery in Uganda and succeeded

Infrastructure
Shenggen Fan
Ousmane Badiane

Policy recommendations

Rural revitalisation is essential for transforming rural areas, not only in Africa

Rural development
Shenggen Fan
Ousmane Badiane

Rurbanomics

Revitalising rural areas means improving infrastructure and boosting people’s opportunities

Poverty
Katie Cashman

Urban food insecurity

Urban hunger is an under-rated problem, for example in Nairobi

Municipal governance
Katie Cashman

Farming in the metropolis

Low-income Nairobians mitigate hunger and malnutrition by growing their own food

Economics
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Nobel prize's focus on poverty is welcome, but incomplete

Micro level evidence is insufficient for rising to macro level challenges

Tanzania
Lawrence Kilimwiko

Praising the social market economy

Faith leaders in Tanzania do not want to see economy leaving anyone behind

Education
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

A real school at last

In a refugee camp for Syrians in Lebanon, volunteers have established a school

Mental health
Raphael Mweninguwe

Suicide on the rise

People who suffer from depression need better care in Malawi

Ethnic conflicts
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Tribal rifts widen in Zimbabwe

Underdevelopment is responsible for the rising tribal tensions in Zimbabwe

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
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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