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

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. ...

Internet

Digital childhood

According to UNICEF, children today are digital natives, and the internet is their second home

Civil war

Children of war as breadwinners

In South Sudan, many orphaned children have to care for their younger siblings

Call for Papers and Inputs

PEGNet Conference 2018

Improving the quality of education and learning outcomes in developing countries

Development work

Stolen childhood

The Fondation Stamm is trying to give orphans and street children in Burundi the chance of a better life

Social inclusion

Escaping the vicious cycle

To fulfil their potential, students with disabilities deserve a learning environment that suits their needs

Childhood

Forgotten heroes

Orphans who raise their younger siblings deserve special attention, not only in Nigeria

Asian economies

New cross-border competition policy

ADB economists see need for multilateral rules to guide internet businesses

Childhood and youth

This matter cannot wait

African policymakers must do more than pay lip service to the Sustainable Development Goal to improve education at all levels

Respiratory health

10 % of the disease burden

India needs determined action to fight air pollution

Child soldiers

Back to a normal life

A former child soldier from Colombia reports how she found her way back into society