Development and
Cooperation

E-Paper Archive

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.

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by Hans Dembowski
Technology industry

Making Africa a better place

Why Nairobi’s innovative start-up community needs global links

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by Nanjira Sambuli
Namibia

The situation of people with disabilities in Namibia

Little progress on disability mainstreaming in Namibia

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by Bettina Kieck
Handicaps

Including everyone

Study and manual: Practical advice on how to include people with disabilities in mainstream life in developing countries

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by Bettina Kieck
Relevant reading

Oil and development

Oil wealth does not necessarily prevent democratic development, researchers find

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by Nassir Djafari
Garment production

Market dynamics ­versus human rights

Not much progress on improving occupational safety in Bangladesh’s garment industry

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by Nico Beckert
Sustainable development

Investment in skills training pays off

Why investment in vocational training matters

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by Bruno Wenn
by Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf
Transport

Long distances

Rural roads are essential for facilitating agriculture development in Africa

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by Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert
Economy

A wealthy rice farmer

Farmers in Myanmar are gradually getting more access to technology

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by Eva Casper
Sierra Leone

Boom and bust

The consequences of the Ebola epidemic for Sierra Leone’s economy

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by Anne Jung
Rural health care

Cured but not in good shape

Post-Ebola Sierra Leone needs radical reform in health-care system

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by Anne Jung