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.

Child labour

Stolen childhood

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

SDGs

New development finance

New financing methods may help to achieve development goals

EU policy

Tackling trade and migration

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

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