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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.

Primary education
Atussa Ziai

New school books, new boost

Education sector in Pakistan has improved in the last years, yet a lot has to be done

Afghanistan
Brigitte Sadzik

Loans for small businesses

Microfinance schemes are making a difference in Afghanistan

Slow-motion modernisation
Winfried Borowczak
Friedrich Kaufmann

Encourage entrepreneurs

Enduring rent-seeking mentality stifles entrepreneurship in Mozambique

Illegal employment
Veronica Frenzel

Life in the shadows

Economic crisis hurts illegal migrants in Spain

Sustainability
Klaus Töpfer

“Tackle two crises at once”

Former head of UNEP puts financial crisis, climate change and mega-city development into context

Relevant reading
Katharina Michaelowa
Katharina Michaelowa
Jean Bourdon

Struck by crisis

Review article: The global financial crisis impact on universal primary education

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Overblown argument

Dambisa Moyo’s anti-aid argument is completely overblown

Digital divide
Claudia Isabel Rittel

A new era dawns on Africa’s east coast

Faster internet access in eastern Africa

Comment
Hermann E. Ott

A call to collective action

Only heads of states and governments can lead the way out of climate impasse

Renewable energy
Ernst Rauch

Saharan sun to power Europe

Desertec plans to generate power from Sahara sun

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.

Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

Sustainability

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

Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly