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Jobs
Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola
Eva-Maria Verfürth

“Incentives for behaviour change”

Wecyclers help to tackle garbage challenge in Lagos, Nigeria

Education
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Setting the right example

In India, non-formal schools perform well, especially among those least likely to get a good education

Recycling
Ruediger Kuehr

Why statistics are not enough

Brief history of the StEP initiative

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

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Poverty Reduction

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

Mexican community fund drives post-pandemic recovery
International degrees, national development
Why farms should opt for multiple benefit strategies
How GDP statistics are misleading
Growth, green growth or degrowth?

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Why men are needed in feminist activism
Overview culture special
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Uganda faces rising challenges in combating gender-based violence
Human rights for all

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

European democracies under attack from North America
What G7 should do in response to sovereign debt crises
Multilateral action on sovereign debt must speed up
Mexican community fund drives post-pandemic recovery
International degrees, national development

Sustainability

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

European democracies under attack from North America
What G7 should do in response to sovereign debt crises
Multilateral action on sovereign debt must speed up
Mexican community fund drives post-pandemic recovery
International degrees, national development