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Development and cooperation

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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...

Development policy
Stephan Exo-Kreischer

Not an end in itself

Stephan Exo-Kreischer from the ONE Campaign explains why development policy is successful internationally

Development policy
Kurt Gerhardt

Too many failures

Kurt Gerhardt of the Bonn Appeal issues a fundamental critique of Germany’s development policy

Economic policymaking
Salman Anees Soz
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Low-hanging fruit

In the early 1990s, India’s economic reforms triggered high growth rates for the long term

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why things are better than people in rich countries think

Hans Rosling’s mission was to make the world aware of important trends

Digital technologies
Monika Hellstern

Endangered employment

The digital revolution needs to be harnessed towards the public good, a study by the German Development Institute argues

Our view
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Drawing the right lessons

In view of serious hurricane damage, Trump should reconsider his stance on climate change

Humanitarian agencies
Raissa Robles

Unspoken competition

Downsides of international humanitarian aid after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013

Motherhood
Najma Rizvi

Healthy change

How Bangladesh reduced the average number of children per woman to a mere 2.1

Migration
Maxwell Suuk

Dangerous journeys

Due to unemployment, many young Ghanaians want to migrate

Human rights
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Social protection for all

Law professor Kaltenborn explains the legal context of social protection

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