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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. ...

Poverty alleviation
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Dana, zakat and charity

India is moving up the ranks of countries measured in the CAF World Giving Index

Promoting change
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

From individual charity to impact-investing

Philanthropy must help drive sustainable development in India

Poverty alleviation
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Reaching out to disadvantaged communities

Tangible Aga Khan programmes in East Africa

Faith-based initiatives
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Helping families to escape the cycle of poverty

The Aga Khan’s approach to development emphasises long-term community empowerment

Famine
Till Wahnbaeck

Political solutions needed

Disaster relief addresses symptoms such as hunger but cannot tackle the causes of crises

Letter to the editor
Reinhard Woytek

Investment is key to decent-work agenda

Reader challenges our author’s reasoning

Jobs
Karim Okanla

Employment blues

Most Beninese people must cope with the constant insecurity of informal employment

Manufacturing
Belay Begashaw

Asian lessons for Africa

To generate employment, African garment industry must become competitive

Human security
Ridwanul Hoque

Global silence in view of genocidal action

Bangladesh is largely left to itself in view of dramatic Rohingya refugee crisis

Labour market
Linda Engel

Disadvantaged women

More and better jobs are needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – especially for women and young people

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.

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
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

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
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly