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Latin America and the Caribbean

Social programmes
Linda Vierecke
Christoph Peters

Escaping need

Bolivia’s social programmes have considerably reduced extreme poverty

Brazil
Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho

In need of new approaches

Brazil's recent development model has been successful, but now the country needs new policies to drive growth and reduce social disparities

Ecosystems
Lea Dünow
Christian Pirzer
Anja Schelchen

Protecting the environment

How people in Brazil can contribute to preventing natural catastrophes by protecting the environment

Financial markets
Jürgen Kaiser

Argentina and the vultures

Argentina’s new financial troubles result from a legal loophole in the international economic order

Organised crime
Verónica Corchado
Sonja Peteranderl

“A deal with death”

How illegal drug trafficking destroys my home town Ciudad Juárez

Music
Sarah Hornsby

„Constructing citizenship”

In Sao Paulo, music schools boost self-confidence of marginalised youth

Forest protection
Friederike Bauer

Bonus for early movers

KfW contributes to protecting Brazil’s rainforest

Non-traditional agriculture
Sebastián Artigas

Caring about cannabis

Marihuana production is legal in Uruguay, offering farmers new sources of income

Sports event
Ellen Thalman

Economic frustration

With World Cup looming, Brazilians are protesting because of economic frustrations

Argentina
Sebastián Vargas

Direct democracy

After the financial crash in Argentina in 2001, citizens organised direct democracy at the local level

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Poverty Reduction

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

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Burundi’s struggling tourism: Parks and reserves under threat
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa

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.

Faith identities in Sri Lankan politics
Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa

Sustainability

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

Faith identities in Sri Lankan politics
Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa