Poverty Reduction

Communities in the Horn of Africa are affected by complex and interrelated crises

Market dynamism requires the rule of law and freedom of speech, so authoritarianism limits economic growth

In Zambia, there is currently a critical shortage of maize, as external demand for the grain in East Africa is rising

While research indicates that girls and women are particularly affected by hunger, boys and men must not be forgotten too

Some powerful nations – especially China – do not fit into the dichotomy of a global north and south

Chittagong in Bangladesh is one of the ten fastest-sinking coastal cities in the world.

At the midway point to achieving the SDGs, the number of starving and extremely poor people is rising once again, civil-society organisations lament

Western governments tend to underestimate how shaky the world order looks to people in less fortunate countries

Smart family-planning policies support women’s rights and empower young people

High fertility correlates with poverty – and compounds it