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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z

Sustainability

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

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Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Good-for-nothings deserve opportunities

Supposed good-for-nothings deserve a chance to prove their potential in real jobs

Youth unemployment
Jesus Felipe

The right business environment

To fight youth unemployment, Asia needs more jobs, not more schools

Food security
J. Jackson Ewing

Less hunger, but more health hazards

Hunger has decreased in the Asia-Pacific region, but there are new concerns about food security

Higher education
Gudrun Busch

The people want to learn

Why many Brazilian students choose to go to night school after work

Nowadays
Karim Okanla

Hard life in rural Benin

Life in rural Benin is incredibly hard – but the ‘Hunger Project’ intends to improve the conditions

Solar energy
Arwed Milz

Light and dark

Solar markets are growing fast in Burkina Faso, but much remains to be done to tap their full potential

Economic policy
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Stuck in informal employment

Prominent Indian economists emphasise indispensability of growth in new book on development policy

Agriculture
Floreana Miesen

Valuable farmland

IFPRI and ZEF: The politics and economics of land degradation

Water
Daniel Bernet

Fleeing drought

Climate change: In Nepal, entire villages must relocate because water scarcity is getting worse

Water
Romuald Bolliger
Abdulkhaleq Alwan
Salem Asma'a Al-Wajeeh
Hana Baddad

Dormant knowledge

Islamic norms would serve prudent water management – if the links were made

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.

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The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

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