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Development policy
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Managing migration in Africa

The point is to improve living condition, not to thwart flight

Recycling
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

From garbage to innovation

In Uganda, some women earn their money recycling plastic

Handicrafts
Moutaz Ali

Goldsmiths struggle in Tripoli

Traditional craftsmen in Libya face difficulties

Urban rubbish
Jochen Moninger
Raphael Thurn-Valsassina

The cleanest city in Sierra Leone

Bo's city council is setting new standards for waste disposal

Value chains
Jochen Moninger
Raphael Thurn-Valsassina

Promoting the recycling economy

In the city of Bo in Sierra Leone recycling lowers costs and creates new jobs

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

For democracy, curiosity matters more than obedience

Resisting authoritarian leaders

Recycling
Oliver Möllenstädt

A system for collecting waste

How a local initiative is encouraging waste pickers in Mumbai to contribute to up-to-date plastics recycling

Senior citizens
Humphrey Nkonde

Homes for the elderly

Zambia’s homes for the aged face funding difficulties

Relevant reading
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Analogue limits of digital growth

Two recent publications - including one from the World Bank - explain why digitalisation, in itself, does not bring about human development

Extremist threats
Tawfik Jelassi

Tunisia deserves attention and support

Tunisia’s young democracy deserves support in its struggle against extremism and poverty

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Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
How to end hunger
Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development
Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

Gender Equality

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

Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving
Why sport is an effective tool for development
Addressing gender-based violence in Colombia

Governance

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

Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders
How development policy is misunderstood

Sustainability

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

Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders
How development policy is misunderstood