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

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...

Sustainability

Building greening economies

Africa’s private sector must drive transformation to sustainability, but global cooperation is needed too

Youth

Radicalism is not necessarily bad

Africa’s young generation needs opportunities, and the structural reasons of unemployment must be tackled

Employment

The countryside needs a better image

Africa’s agriculture needs new blood, but young people are attracted to the cities

Faith-based organisations

Building trust

The International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development

Inter-faith dialogue

Shared values

Involving faith-based organisations in the SDG agenda makes sense, but is nothing trivial

Crises

Neglected by the world

Humanitarian agencies draw attention to neglected crises in order to help the people affected

Editorial

Particular urgency

In coastal regions, developmental challenges are especially evident

Inequality

Redistributing money and power

Gap between rich and poor is widening

Emergency relief

Save human lives

In East and Central Africa, millions of people are fleeing drought, hunger, terror and civil war

World economy

Sustainability requires fair wages

Sustainable economic development is not possible without fair pay