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. ...

Adverse effects of used garments

Rwanda raises import duties on second-hand clothes

Neglected disease

Radio Wa is talking health

Media support can boost medical services’ outreach

Youth criminality

“Violence and grief every day”

How poverty and broken families broaden the circle of youth gangs in Guatemala

Distorted rhetoric at ADB conference

Why the general public often does not properly understand multilateral affairs

Agriculture and food production

Unblocking investments

Strong rural infrastructure is essential for eliminating hunger

Unemployment

Graduates living in poverty

Many university graduates in Zimbabwe are unemployed

Fashion industry

Mainstreaming responsibility

NGOs want to mobilise consumer pressure towards higher production standards in fashion industry

Jobs

“Incentives for behaviour change”

Wecyclers help to tackle garbage challenge in Lagos, Nigeria

Primary schools

India is facing huge challenges

India’s rural primary schools still have room for improvement

Education

Setting the right example

In India, non-formal schools perform well, especially among those least likely to get a good education