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Drogen
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

In human history, opium was always an important commodity

This drug is both blessing and curse

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why governments struggle to eradicate the illegal drug trade

Brazilian scholar assesses symbiotic links between state agencies and mafia organisations

Street children
Sun Narin

From garbage scavenger to chef

Cambodian NGO gives former street children a safe place to live and an education

Child abuse
Sally Atkinson-Sheppard

When crime is the best of many bad options

Street children are involved in organised crime in Bangladesh

Sahel
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Lack of statehood

Experts call for more statehood and better institutions to stabilise the Sahel region

Mexico
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Charisma is not enough

In Mexico, candidates on the right and left present themselves as men of the people

Peace process
Sonja Peteranderl

Hopes and fears

Colombia is struggling to reach new compromise after peace agreement with FARC was rejected in referendum

Crime
Sonja Peteranderl

Gangs as political excuse

State failure and violence in Central America

Youth criminality
Victor Puluc

“Violence and grief every day”

How poverty and broken families broaden the circle of youth gangs in Guatemala

Immigration to the United States
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

A journey fraught with danger

Contradictory migration policies of the United States and Mexico

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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