Development and
Cooperation

Poverty reduction

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

Financing lives

The largest single donor worldwide has halted its development cooperation: funding for USAID has been frozen for 90 days and is currently under review. These actions by the US president are already costing human lives. The global community must save what it ca...

Honduras

Hoping for a better future

Poverty, crime and poor governance are causing people to flee in droves from Honduras

Platform on Disaster Displacement

Protecting people displaced by disasters

The Platform on Disaster Displacement’s objective is to integrate the protection of refugees in international processes

Hotspot Afghanistan

Private sector needs suitable financing

Small and medium-sized enterprises can boost Afghanistan’s economic development – provided they receive well-targeted support in obtaining credit

Health

How to contain superbugs

The escalating global crisis of drug-resistant diseases requires a global response

Development

Political and economic profile of Malawi

Weak institutions are the main cause of Malawi’s persisting poverty, and the next elections are unlikely to change much

Development of democracy

Malawi heads for elections

For Malawi, no signs of economic upswing in sight

Blog

Serving the bottom of the pyramid

In Kenya, two private-sector companies are making important difference in poor people’s lives

Humanitarian crises

What the global public is missing

Care International and Germanwatch warn of growing climate risks

Ethiopia

Industrial prospects

Ethiopia hopes for new investments

Ethiopia

From agrarian country to industrial hub

Strengthening foreign trade has helped Ethiopia’s governments to achieve remarkable economic growth