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Financial inclusion
Laura Ceresna

Banking the rural poor

Financial services have yet to reach the rural masses in India’s Karnataka

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Civilised military doctrine

US military is more geared to civilian goals in Afghanistan than is generally assumed

Jobs for young people
Jinnat Ara
Syed Abdul Hamid

Moving ahead in Bangladesh

Giving young Bangladeshis a chance to find a livelihood

Farmers' rights in India
Suman Sahai

The way it always was

India’s law on plant variety protection and farmers’ rights

Afghanistan

Engaging with the Taliban

Afghanistan conference in London: talking to the Taliban

Microfinance
Syed Abdul Hamid
Jinnat Ara

Progress in Bangladesh

The limits of the health services microfinance institutions provide in Bangladesh

Security
Christiane Rost

Counterproductive action

German NGOs criticise militarised Afghanistan policy

Pop music
Farhad Darya

“The real leaders of Afghans”

Pop star Farhad Darya on the power of music in Afghanistan

Novelists
Anant Kumar

“In the constituency, it doesn’t matter”

The significance of India’s authors of international bestsellers

Comment
Ridwanul Hoque

A lot still to be done

One year of unprecedented power by democratic mandate in Bangladesh

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Poverty Reduction

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

India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
When qualifications don’t decide your career
Whose development?

Gender Equality

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

Defending the progress made
Pakistan’s politically assertive women
Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy
Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries

Governance

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

Chinese funded steel mill displaces locals in Zimbabwe
India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made

Sustainability

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

Chinese funded steel mill displaces locals in Zimbabwe
India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made