Poverty Reduction

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

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.

Municipal governance

Farming in the metropolis

Low-income Nairobians mitigate hunger and malnutrition by growing their own food

Economics

Nobel prize's focus on poverty is welcome, but incomplete

Micro level evidence is insufficient for rising to macro level challenges

Tanzania

Praising the social market economy

Faith leaders in Tanzania do not want to see economy leaving anyone behind

Education

A real school at last

In a refugee camp for Syrians in Lebanon, volunteers have established a school

Mental health

Suicide on the rise

People who suffer from depression need better care in Malawi

Ethnic conflicts

Tribal rifts widen in Zimbabwe

Underdevelopment is responsible for the rising tribal tensions in Zimbabwe

Blog

Preventing poverty

How development circles are currently discussing social protection

Inflation

Yet another economic tsunami

Inflation is once again plunging masses of Zimbabweans into poverty

Retail shopping

Solving the last-mile problem

How an innovative online retailer is making life easier for underserved rural communities in Kenya

Our view

Getting a grip on dangerous trends

In the past ten years, dark visions have begun to reduce the euphoria about digital development opportunities