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.

Schools

Indispensable lessons

Why teenage girls need sex education even more than teenage boys do

Children’s rights

Bolivia bows to international pressure

Bolivia abandons pioneering legal reform for working children

Our view

Markets leave some people behind

The top priority must be to ensure that state-run schools perform well

Private education

Some people have no other choice

Relevant reading on why private education can make a difference in developing countries

Security

Climate of fear and violence

Honduras is among the most dangerous countries that are not currently at war

Honduras

Hoping for a better future

Poverty, crime and poor governance are causing people to flee in droves from Honduras

Platform on Disaster Displacement

Protecting people displaced by disasters

The Platform on Disaster Displacement’s objective is to integrate the protection of refugees in international processes

Hotspot Afghanistan

Private sector needs suitable financing

Small and medium-sized enterprises can boost Afghanistan’s economic development – provided they receive well-targeted support in obtaining credit

Health

How to contain superbugs

The escalating global crisis of drug-resistant diseases requires a global response

Development

Political and economic profile of Malawi

Weak institutions are the main cause of Malawi’s persisting poverty, and the next elections are unlikely to change much