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Development and cooperation

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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...

Pandemic threat
Edith Koesoemawiria

The global threat of dengue

390 million people in more than 120 countries were infected with dengue in 2014

Migration
Maxwell Suuk

The stigma of failure

Failing to get to Europe, Ghanaian migrants return home

Dengue
Edith Koesoemawiria

At least 900 dead in 2015

Indonesia is striving to get a grip on dengue

Urban development
Lea Diehl

A fast growing city

Brief overview: Mangaluru

Urban development
Hilda Rayappan
Lea Diehl

“Mental attitudes matter”

Civil-society leader discusses the recent development of Mangaluru, a south Indian harbour town

Foreign trade
Clara Brandi
Dominique Bruhn

Exports as drivers of growth

Relevant reading: exports contribute to driving growth – but they need to be the right sort of exports

Youth unemployment
Helmut Danner

A ticking time bomb

Kenyan authors analyse the problem of youth unemployment in their country and how it can be tackled

Comment
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Climate change deserves top-level attention

El Niño aggravated heat and drought this year

Aid effectiveness
Peter Nunnenkamp
Rainer Thiele

Modest impact

Low-income countries are not the main beneficiaries of aid for trade

Governance
Afshan Subohi

Difficult setting

Hopping from crisis to crisis, Pakistani governments seem to be conditioned to opt for quick fixes

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.

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
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

Sustainability

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

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
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