Development and
Cooperation

Arbeit

Malnourishment

Stunted growth

Due to malnourishment, many poor children in Zimbabwe suffer from stunted growth

Rural development

New opportunities for farmers

Sahaja Organics builds a bridge between organic farmers and customers in the cities

Rabindranath Tagore

Poet, polymath, preceptor

Rabindranath’s lasting impact on Bengali society

Handicrafts

Kantha’s eternal beauty

Why traditional Bengali embroidery is now making a difference in many village women’s lives

Rule of law

Facilitating investments

The rule of law is essential for generating employment and fostering prosperity

Mobility

A contribution to sustainable transport

In the Indian city of Nagpur, a new light-rail system is being built with support from the KfW Development Bank

Law

Sharing property after divorce

Ghana is slowly changing the rules of how to share assets after a divorce

Kenya

Sex for fish

Poverty and desperation lead women in fishing communities in Kenya to trade sex for goods

International organisations

A reform agenda for the ILO

The tripartite setting of the ILO was useful in the past, but it does not represent the world of work adequately today

Global governance

Labour is not a commodity

The ILO was established to promote social justice 100 years ago – and that mission stays relevant

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