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Hintergrund
Rural development

Rurbanomics

Revitalising rural areas means improving infrastructure and boosting people’s opportunities

KfW

Cooperation with Africa has never been this exciting!

Africa has many resources and opportunities, says Helmut Gauges, head of the head of KfW’s Africa Division

Food

Re-engineering the value chain

Twiga is improving livelihoods by linking smallholder banana growers to informal urban retailers in Nairobi

Development strategy

Attitudinal change

In view of poverty, food insecurity and environmental degradation, Ethiopia urgently needs comprehensive rural reforms

Municipal governance

Farming in the metropolis

Low-income Nairobians mitigate hunger and malnutrition by growing their own food

Socialisation

Absent fathers

Why South African society tends to not prepare boys adequately for the future

Community media

Carefully chosen words

Church maintains network for peace- and conflict-sensitive journalism in Cameroon

Sustainable Development Goals

The ambivalence of religions

Why religion can be abused for identity politics, but may also help to achieve SDGs

Religion and development

Ambitious mission

Germany’s development policymakers want religious actors on board as partners for sustainable development

Security

Digital surveillance

What Ugandan authorities are doing to limit the impact of online opposition voices

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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.