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In brief
G20
Susanne Sawadogo

Education for catching up

Better education and more investments must pave the way to African development

Rural development
Ellen Thalman

Tangible goals

Berlin Charter provides G20 with advice concerning rural development

Global governance
Lea Diehl

Managing refugees and migration

German think tank calls for coherent global framework to manage changing migration patterns

Global affairs
Axel Berger

Tangible advice

A group of think tanks based in G20 countries – the T20 – provides research-based policy advice to global leaders

Marshall Plan with Africa
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Private sector as saviour?

Experts discuss merits of foreign direct investments in Africa

Civil society
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Diminished civic equality

Philanthropy is gaining ever more influence in the USA – and that has international implications

Climate-change adaptation
Daniel Nordmann
Till Below

Making flood-risk maps publically available

Climate-sensitive flood protection in the Western Balkans set to reduce risks to people, business and environment

Climate-change adaptation
Daniel Nordmann
Till Below

Documentation by drones

New form of water management in Thailand is relying on the participation of everyone involved

ODA
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Cross-cutting issues

German development policy report sums up activities and outlines programme for the future

Globalisation
Ellen Thalman

Shaking up the rural world

Improving infrastructure and opportunities in rural areas is key to eradicating hunger and poverty

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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”