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In brief
Nutrient deficiency

Hunger without feeling hungry

Hidden hunger is a nutritional problem caused by a lack of vital vitamins, minerals and trace elements

Business support

“There is no shortage of ideas, just a shortage of money”

With WIDU.africa, micro-enterprises can receive funding from the diaspora and public grants

International NGO

Mother Earth’s food diversity

Slow Food is a global grassroots organisation, which was founded in Italy in 1989

Public finance

World Bank and IMF raise unorthodox demands

The top leaders of World Bank and IMF are calling for more lenient approaches to debt problems in developing countries

Sustainable financing

Huge financial needs

The private sector must contribute to funding the transition to a sustainable economy

Global affairs

Painting the big picture

Samir Puri assesses how past empires shape today’s world views in different world regions in a new book

International cooperation

New partners, global goals

New players have entered the arena of international cooperation and new patterns of partnerships have emerged

Education

Disrupted schooling

According to UNICEF, hundreds of millions of children and teenager lost access to educatin due to Covid-19 lockdowns

Private-sector banks

No money for coal

Study demonstrates that private-sector banks are acting with "extreme irresponsibility" in relation to the climate crisis

Civil wars

Children in terrorist organisations

Book analyses how terrorist organisations recruit children for their cause

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Sustainability

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