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.

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

Gender relations

U-shaped curve

Young Indian women have great professional aspirations, but many dreams will not come true

Higher learning

“Education must not be for sale”

Chile’s poor youth suffer in the privatised education system

Germany’s Federal Government

Promoting investments in Africa

Two German cabinet members launch joint initiative to boost private-sector development

Job opportunities

Working in poverty

Youth unemployment is on the rise and persistent gender gaps undermine social progress

Ebola vaccine proven effective in clinical trial

This public-health success was driven by international, multi-sector cooperation rather than by market forces

Social cash transfers

Welfare payments are no longer taboo

Insights from Kalomo, Zambia revolutionise social protection in Africa

Africa

Disasters waiting to happen

Failure to expand formal youth employment in Africa will mean more unrest, more migration, more crime and more religious extremism