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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...

Development research
Linda Kleemann
Maximilian Neumann

Untapped potential

Researchers admit they should do more to reach out to policymakers and professionals from development agencies

Financial sector
Katharina Braun
Anna Luisa Paffhausen

A development bank for Mozambique

Mozambique hopes to stimulate its economy with the help of a new government-owned development bank

Health
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Cooking stoves kill

Over 7 million deaths annually are caused by air pollution, according to the World Health Organisation

Agriculture
Thomas Kruchem

Fire farming

Small farmers in southern Africa cannot make a living from their inefficient slash-and-burn agriculture

Environment
Christoph Suess

Urgent need for action

IPCC says that climate change can be mitigated, and warns that action must be taken fast

Expert opinion

Lasting relevance

How experts assess the results of the High-Level-Meeting (HLM) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) in Mexico City

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

All politics is local

Devolution of government powers to sub-national levels deepens democracy and serves long term stability

Refugees
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

Education crisis

There are not enough schools for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon

Migration
Christina Stobwasser

Torn life

What China's migrants aspire to and how they cope with daily challenges

Employment

Transcultural training

German managers learn about informal vocational training and slum life in Mumbai

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.

Risking collapse
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Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system

Sustainability

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

Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system