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Leather processing
Christian Dietsche
Nicole Reps

Old industry, ­very slow change

The pros and cons of world-market orientation in India’s leather industries

Women’s rights
Ved Kumari

The Constitution can wait

Gender-neutral language clouds discrimination against women in India

Comment
Mohammad Ali Khan

A severe blow

"Let's hope UN withdrawl from Pakistan is indeed temporary"

NATO
Marco Seliger

“At the moment, hardly anything is being built”

German security expert assesses difficulties in Afghanistan

Climate change
Stephan Beschle

Reducing disaster risks

Bangladesh’s progress in terms of disaster relief is encouraging

Refugees
Mohammad Ali Khan

Incapable government

The tough fate of internally displaced people and Afghan refugees in Pakistan

Electric power
Sandip Chattopadhyay

Rural self-sufficiency

South Indian village is self-sufficient in terms of power generation

Primary education
Atussa Ziai

New school books, new boost

Education sector in Pakistan has improved in the last years, yet a lot has to be done

Afghanistan
Brigitte Sadzik

Loans for small businesses

Microfinance schemes are making a difference in Afghanistan

Primary education
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Teaching Santal children

Long-term success of non-formal Adivasi school in West Bengal

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Poverty Reduction

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

BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
When qualifications don’t decide your career
Whose development?
Inequality is getting worse according to UNDP

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Defending the progress made
Pakistan’s politically assertive women
Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy
Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made
To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient
Pakistan’s politically assertive women

Sustainability

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

From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made
To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient
Pakistan’s politically assertive women