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In brief
Social enterprises
Linda Engel

Finding finance

Digital platforms can act as matchmakers for social entrepreneurs and investors

Brexit
Ciarán Ó Maoláin

English populism and Scottish nationalism

What if Scottish nationalists lead their country back into the EU eventually?

KfW
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Help with digital technology

KfW supports targeted and efficient disbursement of transfer payments in Malawi using digital technology

Fragile statehood
Moutaz Ali
Walid Ali

Disappointment in EU leaders

European policymakers contributed to creating Libya’s security chaos

European Union
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

An increasingly important ­late-comer

Historian Kiran Klaus Patel assesses why EU rose from humble beginnings to the dominant alliance in Europe

Digitalisation
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Low and high-tech applications

VENRO study shows chances and limits of digital instruments in development aid

KfW
Susanne Schröder

German farming technology for Ethiopian vocational schools

The education sector plays a key role in advancing Ethiopia’s economic development

Migration
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Education as a central driver

Researchers analyse the reasons why people emigrate or flee

Refugee policy
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

More money better spent

Researchers are calling for more money for refugee assistance and a more efficient use of funds

Mental health
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Removing the chains

A documentary film shows that respect for the mentally ill leads to de-demonisation

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Poverty Reduction

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Gender Equality

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts