Poverty Reduction

Migration and education

High hurdles in German education system

Refugee children and their families have a hard time negotiating Germany’s complex, heterogeneous educational landscape.

Reforestation

For a sustainable future, Malawi must restore forest lands

Country in southern Africa needs a vigorous programme of land conservation and tree-planting to reverse the steady erosion of forests

Ghana

Preventing teenage pregnancies

A high rate of pregnancies involving teenaged girls is causing alarm in Ghana

Gemstones

Deep green and lucrative

With help from a tax break, Zambia’s emerald producers hope to shine again

Climate crisis

Ban solar geoengineering

If a technology’s risks cannot be assessed, it must not be used – and certainly not globally

Covid-19

The exhaustion factor

Burnout is taking a toll on Brazilian workers, especially those in health care

Financing

A push from development banks

Multilateral development banks play an important role for the economic recovery of Latin American and Caribbean countries

Latin America

Implementing a green recovery agenda

Latin America has room for improvement in using nature-based solutions, digitalising sectors, and improving transport and energy infrastructure

Green recovery

Reviving Latin American economies sustainably

Latin America and the Caribbean should focus its economic recovery budget on ‘green’ projects

Gender equality

Successes and setbacks in women's equality

Despite the pandemic, UNICEF never lost sight of its commitment to gender equality

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