Development and
Cooperation

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.

Our view

Drawing the right lessons

In view of serious hurricane damage, Trump should reconsider his stance on climate change

Humanitarian agencies

Unspoken competition

Downsides of international humanitarian aid after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013

Motherhood

Healthy change

How Bangladesh reduced the average number of children per woman to a mere 2.1

Migration

Dangerous journeys

Due to unemployment, many young Ghanaians want to migrate

Human rights

Social protection for all

Law professor Kaltenborn explains the legal context of social protection

SEF Conference

Strengthening African safety nets

Experts suggest improvements for social security systems in Africa

Humanitarian discourse

Why the nexus is dangerous

Expert warns against coupling humanitarian aid with other development goals

Our point of view

More respect

In high risk situations, humanitarian agencies must decide for themselves what goals to strive for and what means to use

Civil war

Limited access to Syrian people in crisis situations

In Syria, aid organisations can't reach many of those in need

United Nations

Reduce vulnerability and build resilience

The better countries develop, the better they are able to cope with short-term calamities