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In brief
Press freedom
Ingy Salama

Media under assault

The new Press Freedom Index shows Egypt’s downslide on media issues

Value chains
Jochen Moninger
Raphael Thurn-Valsassina

Promoting the recycling economy

In the city of Bo in Sierra Leone recycling lowers costs and creates new jobs

Waste management
Roshan Sharma

Part of a system

Landfills are only one component of waste management

Social and environmental standards
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Let’s race to the top

NGOs praise ADB for environmental and social safeguards but want better implementation

Web services
Nanjira Sambuli

Free of charge, but limited in scope

The shortcomings of Facebook’s Free Basics

Human security
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Transatlantic cooperation

Transatlantic cooperation should contribute to more reliability in the world’s food supply

International cooperation
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Monkey business

Human infants are more interested in cooperation than young apes

Brazil
Julia Jaroschewski

Descent into chaos

Brazil now seems to be on the brink of collapse

Cricket
Faiz Ullah

Hero worship

The devotion of Indian cricket fans to their icons is probably unparalleled; not all forms of hero worship are healthy however

Trauma therapy
Susanne Bischoff

Sport in peace work

How sports can be useful for peacebuilding

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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”