Development and
Cooperation

Poverty reduction

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

Financing lives

The largest single donor worldwide has halted its development cooperation: funding for USAID has been frozen for 90 days and is currently under review. These actions by the US president are already costing human lives. The global community must save what it ca...

South-south cooperation

China’s role in Africa

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

Broadcasting

Village voices

Why community radios matter so much to indigenous people in Bolivia

Loans

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

Sharing global burdens

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

Editorial

Questions of ownership

Development success depends on national ownership

Relevant reading

Reduced inequality in Latin America

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

Social programmes

Escaping need

Bolivia’s social programmes have considerably reduced extreme poverty

Measuring success

Counting statistics

Why the World Bank is right to call for improved statistics

Dynamic growth

Remarkable Progress

Rwanda has prospered under the determined leadership of President Kagame