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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. ...

Aid
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why ODA makes sense even though it sometimes fails

In defence of aid

Employment
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Ambitious urban refugees

How two young refugees found livelihoods in urban Uganda

International cooperation
Leon Valentin Schettler

The dark side of aid

The time is ripe to reform development cooperation with Haiti

Disasters
Glenn Brigaldino

Resilience makes sense

Local-level action can help communities at risk to cope with disasters

Investment climate
Drake Jamali

Budding businesses

In Burundi, SMEs want to make a difference

SDGs
Drake Jamali

Official statistics must improve

Solid statistics help to ensure that no group is left behind

Global trade
Iwan J. Azis
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“I do not know whether the WTO will survive”

Indonesian economist explains why unpredictable policymaking hurts global trade

Child labour
Nawar Almir Ali

Stolen childhood

Because of the civil war and poverty, Syrian children must do adults’ work

SDGs
Drake Jamali

New development finance

New financing methods may help to achieve development goals

EU policy
Nassir Djafari

Tackling trade and migration

In North Africa, EU trade policy is not reducing migration so far, but actually adding to the problem

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