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Poverty Reduction
Private sector

Better skilled employees

Why it makes sense for companies to invest in their staff’s skills

Refugees

Reducing what makes people flee

Experts from the DIE think tank want conflict prevention and peacekeeping to be at the centre of development policies

Human rights

State authorities fail citizens

Pakistan violates rights of internally displaced people

African academics

Looking for happiness abroad

Three Ugandans report on their experiences of living and working in Europe

Garments production

Decent conditions and fair wages

Myanmar set to become next low-cost, exploitative and unstable garments production country

Employment

Digitalisation revolutionises work

Human Development Report 2015 calls for equitable and decent work for all

Labour rights

Minimum wage attracts girls to factories

Higher wages in Bangladesh’s garments sector mean better income but push girls into work as child seamstresses

Environmental damages

Rainstorm and floods

In Sierra Leone, deforestation is causing more and worse floods

Charity School

Education for all children

How a social entrepreneur is trying to improve the situation of disadvantaged school children in Lusaka

Township

Ng’ombe’s desperate health situation

The township Ng’ombe´s clinic lacks space, staff and up-to-date equipment

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