Poverty Reduction

Inflation

Yet another economic tsunami

Inflation is once again plunging masses of Zimbabweans into poverty

Retail shopping

Solving the last-mile problem

How an innovative online retailer is making life easier for underserved rural communities in Kenya

Our view

Getting a grip on dangerous trends

In the past ten years, dark visions have begun to reduce the euphoria about digital development opportunities

Role models

Creative and committed

Young women in the Arab world pick strong and creative women as role models

Schools

“Once you learn to read”

Zambia shows that schools are a good place to start fighting gender inequality

Blog

Why cross-border social protection would be useful

Argentina and Zimbabwe currently need a kind of international support that the multilateral system does not provide

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

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