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.

Crises

Neglected by the world

Humanitarian agencies draw attention to neglected crises in order to help the people affected

Editorial

Particular urgency

In coastal regions, developmental challenges are especially evident

Inequality

Redistributing money and power

Gap between rich and poor is widening

Emergency relief

Save human lives

In East and Central Africa, millions of people are fleeing drought, hunger, terror and civil war

World economy

Sustainability requires fair wages

Sustainable economic development is not possible without fair pay

Climate change

Predictable disasters

In Bangladesh, climate change is accelerating rural-urban migration

Skills training

Empower India’s climate refugees

Skills training would help people from India’s Delta islands to cope with the impacts of global warming

Coastal communities

Fish species are disappearing

In West Africa, coastal communities’ livelihoods are at risk because of overfishing and oil production

ODA

Cash transfers help the extreme poor

The idea of social protection is gaining momentum in development aid

Comment

Maghreb at risk

Closer economic cooperation could bring more stability to North Africa