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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...

Resilience
Friedrich Kaufmann
Winfried Borowczak

More than just a slogan?

After suffering catastrophic destruction from cyclones, Mozambique needs more than a simple restoration of the status quo

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Xi Jinping is weaker than many observers believe

Why I do not think that China proves authoritarianism to be effective

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Failure is unaffordable

If humanity fails to fund the SDG agenda appropriately, all nations will suffer and none will be great

Vocational schools
Verena Stamm

Anything is possible

Vocational schools are an important aspect of education and training in Burundi

School system
Verena Stamm

Charitable and faith-based initiatives must jump in

The school situation in Burundi is difficult

Vocational training
Judy Thuo
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Front-face customer care

Why vocational training matters in Nairobi’s public-transport industry, and why young women in particular deserve job opportunities

Inequality
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

How addictive behaviours are linked to inequality

A new book by two British scholars explores the negative impacts that social inequality has on mental health

Development policy
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Too little and too unambitious

Welthungerhilfe and terre des hommes are calling for more money for official development assistance and more ambitious policies

Mobile money services
Humphrey Nkonde

Popular with employees and customers alike

Mobile-phone companies in Zambia give unemployed youth a chance

Primary schools
Samwar S. Fallah

Public is waiting for government report

Authorities shy away from discussing results of Liberian private-public partnership in primary education

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