Development and
Cooperation

E-Paper Archive

Poverty reduction

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

TV sets for poor households in Ghana

A Ghanaian businessman runs two companies that tackle the problem of digital waste. He is in competition with informal waste recycling, which has a poor reputation because it damages the environment, exploits workers and exposes them to harmful substances.

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by Hans Dembowski
International relations

Reconsidering development cooperation

The aid system must adapt to a fast changing world and rise to new challenges

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by Hans Dembowski
Education

Charcoal paying for education

A poor female charcoal-vendor in Uganda managed to send her children to university

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by Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki
Our view

Wisdom and foresight

To rise to the challenges of IT, the global community will need yet more political innovations

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by Hans Dembowski
Social media tax

Negative impacts

Social media use in Uganda is now being taxed, affecting businesses in a negative way

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by Edward Ronald Sekyewa
Agriculture

Digital farming

How digitisation can benefit commercial farms in India

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Information technology

Digital forces and ethical challenges

India must prepare for dramatic digital change

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Kofi Annan

Special relationship with Africa

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan cared deeply about Africa

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by Friederike Bauer
Education

Cultural change

Future jobs will require high levels of specialisation

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by Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado
Manufacturing

Automation in a low-wage country

Whether the robots replace workers depends on complicated cost calculations in Mexico

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by Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado
Digitalisation

#AIforAll

Digitalisation offers opportunities, but also goes along with huge risks in India

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by Patrick Ruether
by Vikrom Mathur
by Urvashi Aneja