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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Ravi Khetarpal
Roli Mahajan

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. ...

Handicrafts
Moutaz Ali

Goldsmiths struggle in Tripoli

Traditional craftsmen in Libya face difficulties

Human security
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Transatlantic cooperation

Transatlantic cooperation should contribute to more reliability in the world’s food supply

Senior citizens
Humphrey Nkonde

Homes for the elderly

Zambia’s homes for the aged face funding difficulties

Olympic Games in Rio
Julia Jaroschewski

Between hope and despair

Major sports events brought progress to Rio, but there is a lot more to do

Brazil
Julia Jaroschewski

Descent into chaos

Brazil now seems to be on the brink of collapse

International finance institution
Akinwumi Adesina

“Africa’s youth must be employed in Africa”

The policy aspiration of Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank

Relevant reading
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Analogue limits of digital growth

Two recent publications - including one from the World Bank - explain why digitalisation, in itself, does not bring about human development

Human rights
Ridwanul Hoque

“A situation of bonded labour”

Many Bangladeshi migrants are exploited abroad

Commodity prices
Nassir Djafari

Explosive issue

Unless commodity exporting countries diversify their economies, crises loom

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

World Bank rhetoric contributes to distorted public image

World Development Report shies away from serious conflicts of interest

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
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
Why you might find our newsletter useful
A story is always part of the currents of its time
Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

When new medications lose their efficacy immediately
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
In Pakistan, authoritarian attitudes are a colonial legacy
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly
History did not end

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

When new medications lose their efficacy immediately
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
In Pakistan, authoritarian attitudes are a colonial legacy
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly
History did not end