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Humanitarian aid
Thomas Gebauer

Triple mission

medico international insists on people’s right to having their basic needs fulfilled

Vocational training
Maxine Bayer
Marieke Fischer
Judith Guckenbiehl
Jana Hake

Breaking down barriers

On Rwanda’s labour market, young people with disabilities deserve better inclusion

SDGs
Helge Arends

Moving forward in Mexico

With support from the GIZ, Mexico is working on mainstreaming climate and development policy

Waste management
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Anything but waste

KfW Development Bank is planning to intensify its efforts for waste management and to create new concepts

Philanthropic foundations
Thomas R. Loster
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“The pros outweigh the cons”

In spite of some black sheep, an insider assesses philanthropic foundations favourably

New financial tool
Friederike Bauer

Protecting the world‘s oceans – with the Blue Action Fund

The Blue Action Fund ought to become an important instrument for the preservation of the oceans

Gülen movement
Timur Tinç

Creating an elite to lead the state

The Turkish Gülen movement is expanding worldwide – opinions differ on the reasons why

KfW
Stephan Opitz
Friederike Bauer

“Getting people on board”

The KfW Development Bank becomes increasingly involved in marine conservation

The Gates Foundation
Barbara Unmüssig

Private-sector billionaires setting global agenda

Philanthrophists like Bill Gates are funding a huge share of international development cooperation

Promoting change
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

From individual charity to impact-investing

Philanthropy must help drive sustainable development in India

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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.

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
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Governance

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”