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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. ...

South-south cooperation
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

China’s role in Africa

Südwind study assess the impact of China’s engagement in Africa

Broadcasting
Linda Vierecke

Village voices

Why community radios matter so much to indigenous people in Bolivia

Loans
Duong Thi Ngoc Linh
Jörg Teumer

Challenges ahead

The aspiration of TYM, Vietnam's leading microfinance institution, is to become a full-blown bank

Participation

Better qualified

Juan Ordoñez Caetano: Indigenous people in Bolivia learn radio skills in order to contribute to local radio programmes

Multilateral affairs
Jens Martens

Sharing global burdens

Rich nations want to modify the UN principle of common but differentiated responsibility

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Questions of ownership

Development success depends on national ownership

Relevant reading
Rainer Thiele

Reduced inequality in Latin America

Rainer Thiele: Relevant reading on Latin America's reduced income disparities

Social programmes
Linda Vierecke
Christoph Peters

Escaping need

Bolivia’s social programmes have considerably reduced extreme poverty

Measuring success
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Counting statistics

Why the World Bank is right to call for improved statistics

Dynamic growth
John Wesley Kabango

Remarkable Progress

Rwanda has prospered under the determined leadership of President Kagame

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