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Development and cooperation

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Ravi Khetarpal
Roli Mahajan

The Global NARS Consortium’s revolutionary approach to food security

To date, agricultural research has been mostly geared to issues relevant to high-income nations. Developing countries’ national agricultural research systems (NARS) deserve much more influence – and a new consortium is being established to serve that purpose. ...

Employment
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Skills of Congolese refugees

Congolese refugees in Uganda are known for their entrepreneurship

Global governance
Iwan J. Azis
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Light at the end of the tunnel”

Donald Trump is disrupting international trade but has not caused lasting damage so far

Risks to humanity
Dirk Messner
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“The most powerful driving force is climate change”

The dangerous trends that are changing the global environment are interconnected

Rural development
Kerstin Opfer

Involve the local community

The High Atlas Foundation is setting standards for improving rural livelihoods and protecting the environment in Morocco

Rural development
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

New opportunities for farmers

Sahaja Organics builds a bridge between organic farmers and customers in the cities

Kenya
Brenda Mbaja Lubang'a

Sex for fish

Poverty and desperation lead women in fishing communities in Kenya to trade sex for goods

Climate change
Walter Kälin
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Deciding whether to migrate and where to go

Law professor assesses links between climate change and migration

International organisations

A reform agenda for the ILO

The tripartite setting of the ILO was useful in the past, but it does not represent the world of work adequately today

Global governance
Raymond Saner

Labour is not a commodity

The ILO was established to promote social justice 100 years ago – and that mission stays relevant

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Time to put words into practice

Climate summit success will depend on political will to act upon scientific findings

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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
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
Why you might find our newsletter useful
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