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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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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. ...

INGOs
Antonio Tujan Jr.

Best practices

Rules for international cooperation of non-governmental organisations

International Cooperation
Agnes Abuom

INGOs in Africa

International non-governmental organisations support African partners, but must not micromanage them

Europe
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A good start

Europe needs a coherent policy to rise to the refugee challenge

Multilateral affairs
Antonio Tujan Jr.

Unequal partners

INGOs are northern-based agencies claiming to speak for marginalised people in the global south

Social security
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

African pension patterns

World Bank study assesses old-age protection in sub-Saharan Africa

East African economy
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Young entrepreneurs are basis for Africa’s economic growth

In Uganda, small businesses grow strong

Development policy
Jürgen Zattler

Combatting inequality

Major inequalities in society are a potential cause of social conflict and economic under-performance

Summer special
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Longing for a better life

Summer Special 7: The shattered dream of a better life in Fortress Europe

Summer special
Rebecca Renz

A changing country

Summer Special 6: A novel about Ethiopia’s turbulent history

Social cohesion
Priska Gronenberg
Mary Keogh

Inclusive future

Why the rights of persons with disabilities belong on the Sustainable-Development-Goals agenda

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