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. ...

G20

One world – our responsibility

Germany’s Federal Government will put the SDS high on the agenda of this year’s G20 summit in Hamburg

Dhaka – a fast changing agglomeration

Dramatic urban development in Bangladesh

Senior citizens

Pensioners fall on hard times

Zimbabwe’s elderly cannot access their pensions

Call for papers

Inequality – and how to deal with it

Annual PEGNet conference to focus on inequality in Zürich in September

SADC

Nostalgia and empty promises

Populism is common in Southern Africa, where former liberation movements have become dominant political parties

Comment

Future at risk

Youth unemployment remains a key challenge in Zambia

Disabilities

Inclusion counts

New CBM book proves that disability-inclusive development makes economic sense

Families

Unemployment destroys marriages

Many men leave Malawi to work abroad, leaving their wives alone

Refugees

Palestinians in Lebanon

Palestinians' difficult position in Lebanon

Editorial

Unequal opportunities

Young people the next generation need good educations and must be well educated and provided withdecent jobs