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In brief
MDG results
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Improvement in many fields

The success story of the Millennium Development Goals

Climate change
Lea Diehl

A vicious circle at Lake Chad

A new study examines how conflict and climate change are related in the Lake Chad Basin

Disease control
Meekaeel Siphambili

“Killing mosquito larvae is the best prevention”

Botswana has achieved great success in the fight against malaria

Perspectives
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

War and chaos in the Middle East

Former Al Jazeera correspondent assesses the situation in the Middle East from an Arabian perspective

Financial cooperation
Monika Hellstern

More money for development

In 2017, KfW committed € 9.7 billion to new development projects worldwide

SDG finance
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Carbon pricing for sustainable development

For certain low-income countries, carbon pricing could be an option to finance the 2030 Agenda

Distorted perception
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Middle-income majority

Hans Rosling showed that humankind is in a better shape than generally believed

Global trends
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

The future of development and development policy

BMZ study identifies global trends for 2032 and beyond

Research
Tilman Altenburg

How green industrial policy can boost prosperity

Why environmental protection can lead to more employment in developing countries

Development strategies
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla

New paradigm needed

The root causes of African indebtedness are still the same

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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.

Waithood – endless adolescence
“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

Sustainability

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“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