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Latin America and the Caribbean

Microinsurance
Caroline Sölle de Hilari

Healthy clients

Pro Mujer: Why microfinance institutions should offer healthcare services too

Ecological destruction
Julio César Bernio

Conquest by chainsaw

Logging in the subtropical dry forest deprives indigenous people in Argentina of their livelihood

Bolivia
Alcides Vadillo

Making enemies talk

Promoting dialogue systematically helps to tackle Bolivian social conflicts by peaceful means

Nowadays
Patricia Galicia

Spreading hope

Guatemalan radio station encourages women to become involved in public affairs

Democracy
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Justice delayed

Judgement against former dictator of Guatemala is landmark despite anullment by Supreme Court

Higher education
Gudrun Busch

The people want to learn

Why many Brazilian students choose to go to night school after work

Evangelical churches
Carlos Albuquerque

Gaining ground

Evangelical churches are on the rise in Brazil, and even have political influence

Local government
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Water investments in Peru

The Inter-American Development Bank assesses the flaws of participatory budgeting in Peru’s water sector

Entrepreneurship
Carolina Carias

Village money

In Honduras, the promotion of entrepreneurship based on locally available assets is boosting development

Local government
Monica Huber
Wolfgang Kaiser

Mixed feelings

Peru’s NGOs want government decentralisation to serve social goals and public participation

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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.

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
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa

Sustainability

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

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
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa