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Selft-determined village development
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Our fate in our hands

Achievements of an Adivasi self-help organisation in India

Prostitution
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Kolkata’s united sex workers

Nowadays: Kolkata's sex workers won't be hushed up anymore

Charity
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

The goal is to feed five million children by 2020

Nowadays: Aditi Roy Ghatak reports how a faith-based organisation provides mid-day meals to Indian school children

Online petition

Right to critical thought

It makes sense to use controversial political cartoons in school books

Crisis areas
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

State of conflict

Some regions in India face the same problems resource-rich fragile states have

World Trade
Peter Hauff

Blocked opportunities

Trade barriers thwart growth opportunities

Law schools
Ridwanul Hoque

Room for improvement

Law schools must do a much better job in Bangladesh

Comment
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Legalise it

Legalise it: why Latin Americans are tired of the war on drugs

Infrastructure
Sunita Narain

Why cities cannot simply flush

Indian cities have a sanitation problem

Human rights
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Legally entitled to a full stomach

Indian government wants to enforce right to food with new legislation

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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