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Lifestyles
Thuany Rodrigues

Facing a global challenge

Healthier diets would help to control Brazil’s obesity epidemic

Population growth
Jakkie Cilliers

Putting Africa first

A ‘demographic dividend’ is a first step towards eradicating poverty in Africa

Municipal development cooperation
Gabriele Schütz-Lembach
Ulrike Devers-Kanoglu

Learning from one another

The positive effects of municipal exchange programmes

Public finance
Dereje Alemayehu
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

In the driver’s seat

African governments must make economies more productive, gear them to sustainability and ensure their own financial viability

Development finance
Monika Beck

Developing local supply chains and digital services

In insecure times like these, sustainable development financing is more important than ever

Sustainable finance
Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann

International standards are important

Sustainable financing is a precondition for mobilising private capital

Entrepreneurship
Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu

Safeguarding long term viability

Entrepreneurs must consider their companies’ environmental and social impacts, but also ensure financial sustainability

Debt sustainability
José Siaba Serrate
José Siaba Serrate

Buying time

Argentina has dodged a bullet with a debt restructuring deal – for now

Sociology
Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Reconciling diversity and the common good

Why development requires functional differentiation and attention to the common good

SDGs
Christiane Rudolph
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Indispensable private sector

DEG assesses development impacts precisely and intends to promote women more

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

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.

“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”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“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”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts