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Poverty Reduction
Informal work

Better education and training

More education is crucial to create less informal and more formal work

Illicit labour

Criminal girls

Criminal gangs have similar gender dynamics in Bangladesh and China

European migration policy

Risks and side-effects

The EU should not cooperate with shady governments on migration policy – it should support civil-society projects instead

Resilience

More than just a slogan?

After suffering catastrophic destruction from cyclones, Mozambique needs more than a simple restoration of the status quo

Blog

Xi Jinping is weaker than many observers believe

Why I do not think that China proves authoritarianism to be effective

Our view

Failure is unaffordable

If humanity fails to fund the SDG agenda appropriately, all nations will suffer and none will be great

Vocational schools

Anything is possible

Vocational schools are an important aspect of education and training in Burundi

School system

Charitable and faith-based initiatives must jump in

The school situation in Burundi is difficult

Vocational training

Front-face customer care

Why vocational training matters in Nairobi’s public-transport industry, and why young women in particular deserve job opportunities

Inequality

How addictive behaviours are linked to inequality

A new book by two British scholars explores the negative impacts that social inequality has on mental health

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