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In brief
Lacking opportunities
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla

Emigration would help

Unlike young Europeans in past centuries, young Africans today are denied opportunities overseas

Occupation
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla

Why the western model doesn’t work

Informal employment dominates in Africa – well-paying jobs with social-protection benefits are the exception

Health
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

An unhealthy tradition

The custom of spousal inheritance is causing HIV/AIDS infections in rural Zimbabwe

Development Effectiveness Rating
Christiane Rudolph

Measuring how good a job is

DEG uses new tool for assessing employment quality and developmental impacts

Labour relations
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Nightmarish conditions

Workers in India’s informal sector use rather simple technology, so productivity is low

Climate change
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Devastating consequences

Climate change may undo Asian development success

Chinese foreign policy
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Silk road across the Indian Ocean

China is building trade-related infrastructure in Africa

Climate change
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The lasting impacts of the “little ice age”

In the 16th century, global cooling triggered a comprehensive transformation of European society

IT
Rolf Drescher

Development of African ­crowdfunding platforms

The development of national African crowdfunding platforms needs to be gradual

Financial sector
Rolf Drescher

What is crowdfunding?

Crowdfunded projects are financed by large numbers of backers

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Poverty Reduction

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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

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.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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”