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In brief
Food security
Lea Diehl

Better figures

Global Hunger Index 2016 reckons that things have improved – but almost 800 million people still suffer hunger

International cooperation
Lea Diehl

Dealing with authoritarian governments

Universal governance standards are not in force everywhere, but are useful nevertheless

Neglected disease
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Life-saving rubber boots

Thailand’s third most deadly disease is melioidosis

Comment
Linda Kleemann
Lukas Borkowski
Tobias Stöhr

Conservative innovators

To innovate more, smallholder farmers need better financial services and competent advice

Pandemic threat
Edith Koesoemawiria

The global threat of dengue

390 million people in more than 120 countries were infected with dengue in 2014

Habitat III
D+C / E+Z

KfW supplement: "Shaping urbanisation"

Development Bank discusses strategic approaches

Urban development
Lea Diehl

A fast growing city

Brief overview: Mangaluru

Finance
Meike Goetze
Claas Langner

Sustainability in Kenya’s and Sri Lanka’s banking sector

Examples how the DEG promotes sustainable development in the banking sector

MENA
Martina Sabra

Arranged marriage, forced marriage

What is an arranged or forced marriage?

Women’s rights
Lea Diehl

Multi-faceted movement

Fighting against patriarchal power structures

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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.

The literary power of Black women writers
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

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”