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Health care
Anne Jung
Joseph Pokawa

Global responsibility

A global health fund could have prevented the spread of Ebola in West Africa

Relevant reading
Rainer Thiele

Reduced inequality in Latin America

Rainer Thiele: Relevant reading on Latin America's reduced income disparities

Social programmes
Linda Vierecke
Christoph Peters

Escaping need

Bolivia’s social programmes have considerably reduced extreme poverty

Measuring success
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Counting statistics

Why the World Bank is right to call for improved statistics

Brazil
Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho

In need of new approaches

Brazil's recent development model has been successful, but now the country needs new policies to drive growth and reduce social disparities

China
Ayumi Konishi

“The leaders want to solve problems”

An ADB expert assesses China’s developmental success

Energy transition

The windy islands

Toni Kaatz-Dubberke: Cape Verde is well on its way to a self-sufficient power supply with renewable energy

Sustainable Development Goals
Tetsuro Yoshida
Noriko Shimizu

The global dimension

Japanese scholars say international community must support shift to renewable energy in the developing world

Renewables
Do Thi Bich Ngoc

Rural network must improve

Vietnam has ambitious objectives of using up to 30 % of renewable energy until 2030. For this it needs donor help

West Africa
Karim Okanla

Insufficient fire wood

Benin’s energy supply depends on fire wood – and smuggled petrol from Nigeria

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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.

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
How GIZ gets young people moving

Sustainability

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

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
How GIZ gets young people moving