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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

Preventing poverty

How development circles are currently discussing social protection

Inflation
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Yet another economic tsunami

Inflation is once again plunging masses of Zimbabweans into poverty

Retail shopping
Sophia Waweru
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Solving the last-mile problem

How an innovative online retailer is making life easier for underserved rural communities in Kenya

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Getting a grip on dangerous trends

In the past ten years, dark visions have begun to reduce the euphoria about digital development opportunities

Role models
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

Creative and committed

Young women in the Arab world pick strong and creative women as role models

Schools
Frank Masanta Jr.

“Once you learn to read”

Zambia shows that schools are a good place to start fighting gender inequality

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why cross-border social protection would be useful

Argentina and Zimbabwe currently need a kind of international support that the multilateral system does not provide

Informal work
Fabian Jacobs

Better education and training

More education is crucial to create less informal and more formal work

Illicit labour
Sally Atkinson-Sheppard

Criminal girls

Criminal gangs have similar gender dynamics in Bangladesh and China

European migration policy
Nassir Djafari

Risks and side-effects

The EU should not cooperate with shady governments on migration policy – it should support civil-society projects instead

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