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Infrastructure
Katie Cashman

Build back better

IEA wants stimulus money to drive climate protection

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Black lives matter

Legacies of colonialism and slavery are being reassessed around the world after protests that started in Minneapolis

Democratic governance
Raphael Mweninguwe

Great expectations

Malawi’s new president must fight corruption, stimulate the economy and get a grip on Covid-19

Indoor air pollution
Katharina Michaelowa
Katharina Michaelowa
Martina Zahno

Clearing the air

Indoor air pollution from cooking with biomass continues to increase the vulnerability of India’s poor to respiratory diseases and Covid-19

Africa
Karim Okanla

Environmental destruction

Poverty is an important driver of deforestation in sub-Saharan countries

Our view
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Human action

Deforestation continues on a global level although it is damaging to human interests in several ways

Farms
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Irrigation helps to cope with climate change

Irrigation is helping many of Zambia’s rain-dependent small-hold farmers to survive

Multiple crisis
Belay Begashaw

Falling back

Corona pandemic threatens development success in eastern Africa

Civil society
Sumeya Issa

Books for rural children in need

An NGO provides disadvantaged children in Malawi with text books for homeschooling in times of Corona

Refugee policies
Karl Kopp

Human rights shutdown

The EU uses measures against the coronavirus as a pretext to curtail the rights of asylum seekers

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Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
How to end hunger
Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development
Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving
Why sport is an effective tool for development
Addressing gender-based violence in Colombia

Governance

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

Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders
How development policy is misunderstood

Sustainability

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

Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders
How development policy is misunderstood