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Development and cooperation

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Poverty Reduction

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

Raphael Mweninguwe

Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers

EcoGen, a Malawian start-up, transforms animal waste into biogas and bio-fertiliser, providing farmers with affordable energy and sustainable farming solutions. This innovation helps reduce reliance on firewood and chemical fertilisers.

Nigeria’s ICT market place
Johannes Paha
Lydia Wolter

Success due to combination of factors

West Africa’s major ICT marketplace in Lagos is set to relocate

Banking
Raphael Mweninguwe

“Village banks” face winds of change

“Village bank” lending circles face regulation and commercial bank competition

Aid effectiveness
Maren van Treel
Maren van Treel

Limiting economic Corona ­damage

What can be done against economic Corona damage

Technology
Charles Martin-Shields

How food aid sometimes serves US interests

Technologies used in development programmes carry hidden agendas

Humanitarian emergency
Markus Rudolf

Crisis in Ethiopia intensifies

In Ethiopia, humanitarian aid has become a political issue

Charities
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Refuge in a storm

Charities caring for the most vulnerable face hard times during the pandemic

Skills training
Rishikesh Thapa

Skills are needed to grasp digital opportunities

Digital tools can boost productivity in the informal sector, argues GIZ

Refugees
Raphael Mweninguwe

Not in my backyard

Malawi sends refugee business owners back to crowded camp

Diversity
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why racist attitudes lead to neglection of common good

Systemic racism hurts the USA’s white majority, as a new book shows

Summer Special
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Fleeing civil war

Young author describes a couple’s traumatic flight from Aleppo

Poverty Reduction

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

Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
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Financing development and climate goals

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
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Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges
Indigenous banks collapsing in Zambia: A closer look at Investrust

Sustainability

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges
Indigenous banks collapsing in Zambia: A closer look at Investrust