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Poverty Reduction
Demographic change
Alisa Kaps
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Lives are now 20 years longer

Birth rates go down as standards of living improve

MDG results
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Improvement in many fields

The success story of the Millennium Development Goals

Disease control
Meekaeel Siphambili

“Killing mosquito larvae is the best prevention”

Botswana has achieved great success in the fight against malaria

Financial cooperation
Monika Hellstern

More money for development

In 2017, KfW committed € 9.7 billion to new development projects worldwide

Distorted perception
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Middle-income majority

Hans Rosling showed that humankind is in a better shape than generally believed

MDGs
Belay Begashaw

Think globally, act globally

Millennium Development Goals shaped new global partnership

Research
Tilman Altenburg

How green industrial policy can boost prosperity

Why environmental protection can lead to more employment in developing countries

Recycling
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Turning trash into cash

In Zimbabwe, poor women collect garbage and sell recycled products

Development strategies
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla

New paradigm needed

The root causes of African indebtedness are still the same

Failed policies
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla

Descent into hell

In Africa, structural adjustment did not trigger fast growth, but had a contractive impact

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Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests

Gender Equality

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

Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything
Defending the progress made

Governance

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

Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court

Sustainability

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

Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court