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Sustainability

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

Stella Tushabe

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda

Marie Rosine Ntabomvura, a mother of three, in Kigali, defies gender stereotypes that prescribe roles and abilities based on gender. When she turns the wheel of the humongous 60-seater town-bound bus, nothing about her skill suggests that she is intimidated by...

Change of government
Afshan Subohi

Flamboyant icon of the past

In his first TV address as Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan did not comment on the most pressing challenges

Environment
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange

Endangered hippos

Humans invade hippos’ habitat at Lake Tanganyika

MDG results
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Improvement in many fields

The success story of the Millennium Development Goals

Economic history
Jorge Saborido

Always returning to square one

Argentina’s economic meltdown of 2001/2002 still overshadows new developments

Climate change
Lea Diehl

A vicious circle at Lake Chad

A new study examines how conflict and climate change are related in the Lake Chad Basin

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Infrastructure spending is crucial as Genoa’s tragedy shows

Disasters in Italy, Britain, Germany and the USA

Disease control
Meekaeel Siphambili

“Killing mosquito larvae is the best prevention”

Botswana has achieved great success in the fight against malaria

Perspectives
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

War and chaos in the Middle East

Former Al Jazeera correspondent assesses the situation in the Middle East from an Arabian perspective

Financial cooperation
Monika Hellstern

More money for development

In 2017, KfW committed € 9.7 billion to new development projects worldwide

Climate change
Lea Diehl
Janani Vivekananda

Lack of trust

In the Lake Chad region, young people blame the older generation for problems – and the other way round

Poverty Reduction

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

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Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing
More financial support for college students

Gender Equality

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

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda
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The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape

Governance

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

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
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Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance

Sustainability

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

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance