Articles by region:

Elasticsearch Mini

Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z

We'd like to modernise our digital outreach in ways that suit your needs.
Please support us and do take part in this anonymous online survey regarding our users’ preferences.

Umweltproblematik
Food security
Katie Cashman

Pioneering urban agriculture

How “production in the community, by the community, for the community” became the paradigm of agricultural policy in Cuba

Finance
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

The SDGs and the private sector

Study of German civil-society organisations claims that the 2030 Agenda needs to be safeguarded against corporate interference

International finance institution
Korinna Horta

Dangerous transformation

World Bank can do more lending – and charges more interest rates

Multilateral bank
Korinna Horta

Reform gone wrong

The World Bank’s social and environmental standards have been weakened significantly

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The IPCC, Bolsonaro, Trump and Kavanaugh

Climate change and the rise of right-wing populism

Education
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Charcoal paying for education

A poor female charcoal-vendor in Uganda managed to send her children to university

Environment
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange

Burundi bans plastic bags

Boom of biodegradable materials expected in Burundi after plastic is banned

Rural poverty
Humphrey Nkonde

Inefficient agency

Maize farmers in Zambia are stuck in poverty because a government agency is not doing its job properly

Environment
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange

Endangered hippos

Humans invade hippos’ habitat at Lake Tanganyika

Research
Tilman Altenburg

How green industrial policy can boost prosperity

Why environmental protection can lead to more employment in developing countries

Subscribe to Umweltproblematik

Poverty Reduction

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

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”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Gender Equality

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

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
Mexico’s first female president

Governance

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

“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
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“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
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts