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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.

Youth
Adelheid Schultze

Work brings security

Employment is a route to political stability in fragile states

Natural resources
Susanne Giese

The oil curse

African scholars consider alternatives to the „oil curse“

Labour market
Kevin Hempel

Don’t bank on self-employment

Don’t force young people into self-employment

Unpromising future
Joschka Philipps

Explosive youth

Guinean youngsters torn between protest and opportunism

Labour market
Anthony Mulowa

One of Zambia’s greatest challenges

Zambia’s youth frustrated by lack of opportunities

German development agencies
Grimaldo Rengifo

Grimaldo Rengifo’s views on reform

Grimaldo Rengifo on reform of German agencies for technical cooperation

German development agencies
Eduardo Araral

Eduardo Araral’s views on reform

Eduardo Araral on reform of German agencies for technical cooperation

Comment
Armin Paasch

Hunger as an alibi

EU’s common agricultural policy compounds rural poverty in developing countries

Opportunities for the young
Hans Krönner

“Diverse forms of learning”

African education ministers are becoming aware of informal sector’s relevance

Relevant reading
Kevin Hempel

Development for the next generation

Relevant reading on youth and development

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