Poverty Reduction

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

The problems with Glyphosate

Pesticides have often caused controversy because their detrimental side-effects were initially ignored and later intentionally played down. The most recent example is probably the herbicide Glyphosate/Roundup.

Higher salaries needed

Higher salaries needed

Poverty

Growth alone won’t do

Growth alone won’t do

World Bank

A fresh start needed

A fresh start needed

Agricultural development

“Inclusive processes are essential”

“Inclusive processes are essential”

John M. Powell, UN World Food Programme

“There are no surpluses”

“There are no surpluses”

Double failure

Double failure

Donor policy

Auditors criticise US food aid as bureaucratic and…

Auditors criticise US food aid as bureaucratic and inefficient

Disaster relief and development

After the tsunami

After the tsunami

Development finance

Study warns against expecting too much of microcredits

Study warns against expecting too much of microcredits

Governance

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

Sustainability

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