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Hintergrund
Rural youth

Clearing the jobs hurdle

What helps Africa’s growing, youthful population find productive jobs in rural areas

Youth unemployment

South Africa’s time bomb

Five proposals for improving labour-market dynamics in South Africa

Start-ups

“Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not”

MEST Ghana trains young high-tech entrepreneurs and promotes African talents

Pakistan

Ex-dictator sentenced to death

Why former dictator Musharraf’s recent conviction of high treason in Pakistan is indeed a historic judgment

Refugee camps

Infrastructure reflects status

Infrastructure is also a question of integration as can be seen by the refugee camps in Lebanon

Chronic disease

Silent epidemic

Diabetes is one of the ten leading causes of death worldwide and has an enormous impact on the Global South

Labour market

Why small-business owners find formalisation unattractive

In Mozambique, for every person working in the formal sector, there are ten in the informal sector

Avoiding plastic

Growing awareness

To tackle the plastic-waste problem, a German-Indian company offers an innovative solution

Urbanisation

Road to riches

To become a regional powerhouse, Tamale in Ghana needs appropriate transport infrastructure

Non-motorised transport

Expand sidewalks and bike lanes

Urban and transport planners around the world must pay more attention to pedestrians and cyclists

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Governance

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

Sustainability

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