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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. ...

Relevant reading
Niels Keijzer
Christine Hackenesch

Moving targets

Why the EU should reform the way it runs development affairs

Fight against hunger
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

NGO demands stronger G7 commitment

Rich countries have to shift focus in the fight against global hunger – and pledge more funding

Pastoralism
Grace Atuhaire

The Tanzanian Maasai entering industrial age

Maasai pastoralists in Tanzania are opting for milk processing as a way to generate income

Labour
Gibson Masumbu
Martin Ostermeier

Job quality matters

Zambia’s bumpy road to decent work for all

Development studies
Henning Melber

The middle-class hype

It is doubtful, whether middle classes in developing countries are driving progress

Humanitarian aid
Theresa Krinninger

“More, not less commitment”

Challenges for humanitarian Aid in ISIS-controlled areas

Transportation

Cheap and dangerous

Motorcycle taxis in Tanzania cause many traffic accidents, but are also a cheap way of transportation

Industrial work
Mirna Lilian Ramírez Pérez

No way out

Labour conditions are tough in Guatemala’s garment factories, and they are not improving

Decent work
Gerd Müller

Quality criteria

Gerd Müller, federal minister for economic cooperation and development, wants to improve labour conditions in textiles and garment production

AWAJ Foundation
Marianne Scholte

New kind of labour movement

A new kind of labour movement has been emerging in Bangladesh since the Rana-Plaza disaster

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
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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.

A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
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A story is always part of the currents of its time
Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi
Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda

Governance

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

Why we believe in our Digital Monthly
History did not end
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
How opium became a pillar of the British Empire
The forgotten Arab slave trade

Sustainability

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

Why we believe in our Digital Monthly
History did not end
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
How opium became a pillar of the British Empire
The forgotten Arab slave trade