Poverty Reduction

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

Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

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Mining

Abandoned towns, abandoned people

In the north of Zimbabwe, former miner and their families stay in abandoned towns living in poverty and hoping that mining will resume some day

Flight and displacement

Displacement is part of almost everyone’s history

Flight and displacement are a scourge of humanity that conceals untold numbers of individual fates

German policymaking

The BMZ seems stuck in a European mindset

Africa strategy of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development does not answer Africans’ questions

Migration in Africa

Life as a refugee in Kenya

Kenya offers safety to refugees who fled from violence-torn South Sudan, but even highly skilled persons lack job opportunities

Gender justice

Encouraging women to profit from e-commerce in Africa

Female entrepreneurs play an important role in Africa’s fast growing e-commerce market, yet they keep encountering obstacles

Technology

Telemedicine centres bring health care closer to excluded communities

Thanks to telemedicine, remote communities in the Amazon get medical advice in their region

Pakistan

Promote digital learning in Pakistan

Pakistan should invest more in both education and digitisation to promote literacy and close obvious gender gaps

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D+C/E+Z

Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

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Multilateral institution

What the World Bank must do better

Leading German government official demands reforms at multilateral development bank

International news reporting

How foreign reporting depends on NGOs

Journalism in many countries is increasingly interlaced with civil society organisations. This can be problematic

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