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Microfinance
Syed Abdul Hamid
Jinnat Ara

Progress in Bangladesh

The limits of the health services microfinance institutions provide in Bangladesh

Security
Christiane Rost

Counterproductive action

German NGOs criticise militarised Afghanistan policy

Pop music
Farhad Darya

“The real leaders of Afghans”

Pop star Farhad Darya on the power of music in Afghanistan

Novelists
Anant Kumar

“In the constituency, it doesn’t matter”

The significance of India’s authors of international bestsellers

Comment
Ridwanul Hoque

A lot still to be done

One year of unprecedented power by democratic mandate in Bangladesh

Poverty alleviation
K. P. Kannan

“Employment in lean seasons”

Employment guarantees are boosting rural development in India

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

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Poverty Reduction

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

Burundi’s struggling tourism: Parks and reserves under threat
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

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