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Rapid appraisal
Agnes Abuom

Where we are

Rapid appraisal of Millennium Development Goals

Security
Hartmut Staudt

Police officers live dangerously

German police officer assess his training mission in Afghanistan

Economic development
Michael Brüntrup
Petra Voionmaa

Globalisation’s opportunities

Germany is Europe’s potential leader on aid for trade

Arts and society
Marianne Lange

The music of independence

Africa’s musical journey from the Independence Cha Cha to angry rap

Middle East
Anna Marquardt
Aharon Weiß

Water wise girls

Raising water awareness in a Jordanian School

Interview
Conrad Schetter

“There is no sense of trust”

Conrad Schetter: „There is no sense of trust in Afghanistan“

Journalism
Aniela Batschari

Support for local papers

Journalism students support local media in the Easter Cape Province

Good Governance
Elke Kasmann
Sook-Jung Dofel

Evidence-based decisions

Malawis record of poverty and social impact assessments

Scholarship
André Lieber

Emerging stronger from crisis

Development economics has something to offer in times of crisis

Local-government finance
Ulrich Nitschke
Tim Auracher

The right balance

Benin's model of local-government finance sets African standards

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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.

Reimagining African folktales
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

Governance

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

Better protection for schools in northern Nigeria
Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people
Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges

Sustainability

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

Better protection for schools in northern Nigeria
Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people
Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges