Sustainability

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

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KfW

Help with digital technology

KfW supports targeted and efficient disbursement of transfer payments in Malawi using digital technology

Fragile statehood

Disappointment in EU leaders

European policymakers contributed to creating Libya’s security chaos

European Union

An increasingly important ­late-comer

Historian Kiran Klaus Patel assesses why EU rose from humble beginnings to the dominant alliance in Europe

Digitalisation

Low and high-tech applications

VENRO study shows chances and limits of digital instruments in development aid

Climate change

Engulfed by the lake

Fishermen on Zambia’s Lake Kariba are drowning in growing numbers

Regional integration

Borderline prosperity

Flourishing border trade is offering new opportunities in Mae Sot, Thailand, and Myawaddy, Myanmar

KfW

German farming technology for Ethiopian vocational schools

The education sector plays a key role in advancing Ethiopia’s economic development

Global environment

“Swimming against the tide”

Bangladeshi scholar Saleemul Huq assesses the role of the EU in international climate talks

Migration

Education as a central driver

Researchers analyse the reasons why people emigrate or flee

Refugee policy

More money better spent

Researchers are calling for more money for refugee assistance and a more efficient use of funds

Governance

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

Sustainability

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