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Bus Rapid Transit
Nicholas Hollmann

Most affordable

Rapid transit buses beat all other mass transport systems – especially on price

Megacity
Olamide Udoma-Ejorh

Better governance, better urban life

Why the reputation of Lagos is improving

weltwärts volunteers
Carlos Collio
Miriam Keller

“I never dreamed it would get this good”

Leader of school for children with disabilities in Chile discusses his work with German weltwärts volunteer

Foreign trade
Clara Brandi
Dominique Bruhn

Exports as drivers of growth

Relevant reading: exports contribute to driving growth – but they need to be the right sort of exports

Special economic zones
Jong Woo Kang

“Improve people’s lives”

Special economic zones should serve the purpose of smart urbanisations, says ADB economist

Sex education
Luther Dennis Nii Antieyie Addy

“More than family planning”

In Ghana, young volunteers from Accra are trained to educate village youths on sexual and reproductive health issues

weltwärts volunteers
Ribhu Vohra
Chandrah Nusselein
Darius Meissner
Kaya Schloessler

WasteLess teaches children to waste less

Leaders of environmental NGO from India discuss their work with German weltwärts volunteers

Aid effectiveness
Peter Nunnenkamp
Rainer Thiele

Modest impact

Low-income countries are not the main beneficiaries of aid for trade

Government guarantees
Christoph Kannengießer

New strategy for Africa

Private-sector involvement is vital for Africa's economic development

weltwärts volunteers
Rosemary Nalisa
Brian Patjens Brian Patjens

“Many fellow Namibians think we are a foreign organisation”

Leader of Namibia Red Cross Society discusses her agency’s work with German weltwärts volunteer

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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”