Development and
Cooperation

E-Paper Archive

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.

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by Hans Dembowski
Vocational training

Breaking down barriers

On Rwanda’s labour market, young people with disabilities deserve better inclusion

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by Maxine Bayer
by Marieke Fischer
by Judith Guckenbiehl
by Jana Hake
Humanitarian aid

Prevention is better

In Bangladesh, new preventive approaches are being taken in humanitarian aid

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by Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski
Our view

Dangerous generosity

Philanthropy must be geared to capable and democratically legitimate statehood

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by Hans Dembowski
Poverty alleviation

Dana, zakat and charity

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

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Promoting change

From individual charity to impact-investing

Philanthropy must help drive sustainable development in India

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Poverty alleviation

Reaching out to disadvantaged communities

Tangible Aga Khan programmes in East Africa

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Faith-based initiatives

Helping families to escape the cycle of poverty

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

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Famine

Political solutions needed

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

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by Till Wahnbaeck
Letter to the editor

Investment is key to decent-work agenda

Reader challenges our author’s reasoning

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by Reinhard Woytek
Jobs

Employment blues

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

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by Karim Okanla