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Poverty Reduction

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

Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

Food insecurity
Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul

As in biblical times

East Africa is living with the looming threat of a second invasion of desert locusts

Global data
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Poverty is worsening

Why the World Bank expects extreme poverty to increase dramatically this year

Food security
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

The ravages of acute hunger

In Zimbabwe, people increasingly worry not what, but whether they will eat tomorrow

Business support
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

“There is no shortage of ideas, just a shortage of money”

With WIDU.africa, micro-enterprises can receive funding from the diaspora and public grants

International NGO
Rabson Kondowe

Mother Earth’s food diversity

Slow Food is a global grassroots organisation, which was founded in Italy in 1989

Ethnic minority
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Safe so far

Though India is badly affected by Covid-19, two Adivasi villages in West Bengal have not suffered infections yet

Traditional crops
Rabson Kondowe

Useful lessons

In Malawi, Slow Food campaigners are promoting the cultivation of traditional crops – and not only for health reasons

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Taking stock of pandemic impacts

Covid-19 is proving to be an even more complex and longer lasting challenge than initially expected

Chile
Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

Concepción in lockdown

Constitutional referendum amidst coronavirus restrictions raises questions

Lifestyles
Thuany Rodrigues

Facing a global challenge

Healthier diets would help to control Brazil’s obesity epidemic

Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests

Gender Equality

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

Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything
Defending the progress made

Governance

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

ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions

Sustainability

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

ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions