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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...

Growth strategy
Afshan Subohi

Incoherent policymaking

Pakistan’s exports are declining even though successive governments have promised export-led development

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Climate change remains a burning issue

Humankind’s most daunting challenge

Economic policy
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Bypassing the poor

“Make in India” is unlikely to boost the country’s suffering economy

Sustainability
Gerd Müller

From free trade to fair trade

Gerd Müller, German minister for international cooperation and development, demands fair rules for sustainable export industries

Garment production
Nico Beckert

Niche market: fair trade

Consumers’ purchasing choices can have an impact on how goods are produced

Technology industry
Nanjira Sambuli

Making Africa a better place

Why Nairobi’s innovative start-up community needs global links

Namibia
Bettina Kieck

The situation of people with disabilities in Namibia

Little progress on disability mainstreaming in Namibia

Handicaps
Bettina Kieck

Including everyone

Study and manual: Practical advice on how to include people with disabilities in mainstream life in developing countries

Relevant reading
Nassir Djafari

Oil and development

Oil wealth does not necessarily prevent democratic development, researchers find

Garment production
Nico Beckert

Market dynamics ­versus human rights

Not much progress on improving occupational safety in Bangladesh’s garment industry

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
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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