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Development and cooperation

D + C

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

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa

In the 90s, South Africa became an epicenter of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. HIV is mostly a sexually transmitted disease. Intravenous drug users are at risk too, however, and so are people who need blood transfusions. HIV/AIDS initially spread fast among the...

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

In defence of the SDGs

Excessive suspicion of private-sector interests does not help

International finance institution
Korinna Horta

Dangerous transformation

World Bank can do more lending – and charges more interest rates

Multilateral bank
Korinna Horta

Reform gone wrong

The World Bank’s social and environmental standards have been weakened significantly

Poverty targeting
James G. Bennett

Six main methodologies

How to identify poor people for the provision of support

Poverty alleviation
James G. Bennett

Costs and benefits of poverty targeting

The more accurate a poverty-targeting strategy is, the more expensive it is

International relations
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Reconsidering development cooperation

The aid system must adapt to a fast changing world and rise to new challenges

Education
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Charcoal paying for education

A poor female charcoal-vendor in Uganda managed to send her children to university

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Wisdom and foresight

To rise to the challenges of IT, the global community will need yet more political innovations

Social media tax
Edward Ronald Sekyewa

Negative impacts

Social media use in Uganda is now being taxed, affecting businesses in a negative way

Agriculture
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Digital farming

How digitisation can benefit commercial farms in India

Poverty Reduction

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

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
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

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.

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
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

Sustainability

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

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
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