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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Poverty Reduction

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

Michael Moyo

HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa

HIV/AIDS is still haunting South Africa, though it stopped making international headlines about two decades ago. The situation is better than it was, but there is still room for improvement.

Covid-19
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Global action urgently needed

An incomplete selection of important statements concerning global response to Covid-19

South Asia
Richa Arora

Rule-bound governance matters

As civil-society space is shrinking in India, ODA agencies should consider their stance

Demographic dividend
Samir Abi

Demographic change as a driver of economic growth

Will Africa really profit from a demographic dividend?

Population growth
Samir Abi

Global challenge

Africa needs 450 million new jobs to benefit from the demographic dividend

Agriculture
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Facing down the armyworm pest

Zambia is debating ways to stop the annual invasion of armyworms that attack its staple crops

Corona virus
Shora Azarnoush

Suddenly overwhelmed health sector

Why Iran is struggling to come to girps with the new corona virus

Public health
Hannah Hussey

Paying a price

Even expensive vaccines prove quite cost-effective

Vaccines
Hannah Hussey
Rudzani Muloiwa
Gregory D. Hussey
Benjamin M. Kagina

A shot in the arm

Vaccination can be a powerful tool in the fight against poverty in sub-Saharan Africa

Ebola
Shecku Mansaray

Five years later

After Ebola, Sierra Leone is probably not properly prepared for another major health crisis

Business incubation
Ely Manel Faye

Building digital nations

Tech hubs are proliferating all over the world, but face particular challenges in Africa

Poverty Reduction

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

HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating
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

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
Why you might find our newsletter useful
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.

HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
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

Sustainability

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

HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
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