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Sustainability

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

Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

Youth unemployment
Helmut Danner

A ticking time bomb

Kenyan authors analyse the problem of youth unemployment in their country and how it can be tackled

weltwärts volunteers
Ribhu Vohra
Chandrah Nusselein
Darius Meissner
Kaya Schloessler

WasteLess teaches children to waste less

Leaders of environmental NGO from India discuss their work with German weltwärts volunteers

Comment
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Climate change deserves top-level attention

El Niño aggravated heat and drought this year

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Afterthoughts concerning the G20 summit in China

Technocrats begin to worry about people’s welfare

Aid effectiveness
Peter Nunnenkamp
Rainer Thiele

Modest impact

Low-income countries are not the main beneficiaries of aid for trade

Political environment
Christoph Kannengießer

Stability promotes economic development

Upswing requires the right environment in a developing country

Government guarantees
Christoph Kannengießer

New strategy for Africa

Private-sector involvement is vital for Africa's economic development

Foreign trade
Friedrich Kaufmann
Winfried Borowczak

Mozambique’s foreign trade weakness

Why Mozambique is one of the world’s least competitive countries

weltwärts volunteers
Rosemary Nalisa
Brian Patjens Brian Patjens

“Many fellow Namibians think we are a foreign organisation”

Leader of Namibia Red Cross Society discusses her agency’s work with German weltwärts volunteer

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Gabon needs total recount

Autocratic rule is an important reason people flee from African countries

Poverty Reduction

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Gender Equality

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

Governance

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire

Sustainability

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire