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Sustainability

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

Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert

The problems with Glyphosate

Pesticides have often caused controversy because their detrimental side-effects were initially ignored and later intentionally played down. The most recent example is probably the herbicide Glyphosate/Roundup.

Rural development
René Gommes
Jürgen Grieser

Protecting small farmers

Crop-insurance schemes make sense where there is sufficient data

The euro crisis
Ellen Thalman

The gap is narrowing

Global repercussions of Greece’s debt crisis

Statistics
Sebastian Muah

“The state of our nation”

The differences made by Liberia's first census in 24 years

Schools
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Formal education must be of practical relevance

Higher school enrolment in Africa is leading to new challenges

Relevant statistics
Jedida Oneko

Power in numbers

Kenyan women's rights activists base campaigns on statististics

Reliable Data
Walter Wafula

“Uganda stands out in Africa”

Uganda's statistical office stands out in Africa

Tillmann Elliesen

Cooperation by the World Bank and IMF assessed

Cooperation by the World Bank and IMF assessed

Interview with Paul Romer
Paul Romer

“Give poor people a choice”

Paul Romer's vision is to found new, well-run cities for millions of people

Financial inclusion
Laura Ceresna

Banking the rural poor

Financial services have yet to reach the rural masses in India’s Karnataka

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Give them a chance

Give young people the chances they deserve

Poverty Reduction

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

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

Gender Equality

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

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?
How GIZ gets young people moving

Governance

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

The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue

Sustainability

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

The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue