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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Sustainability

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

Farai Shawn Matiashe

Using WhatsApp to access health care in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean innovators have built a chatbot connecting pharmaceutical drug vendors and registered health-service providers to customers. It is used via the WhatsApp messaging application.

Tillmann Elliesen

German development budget 2008

German development budget 2008

Tillmann Elliesen

South Africa: No biofuel from maize

South Africa: No biofuel from maize

Tillmann Elliesen

Corruption: Nigeria scraps deals with Siemens

Corruption: Nigeria scraps deals with Siemens

Tillmann Elliesen

Sovereign wealth fund pulls back

Sovereign wealth fund pulls back

Pharmaceutical products
Tillmann Elliesen

No progress

Pharmaceutical products: No progress

Interview
Agnes Abuom

“Africa must push its values”

Interview with : “Africa must push its values”

infrastructure and the poor

Getting things right

infrastructure and the poor: off-grid solutions as only sensible option

Mobile telephony
Thorsten Scherf

Telecom services for everyone

Infrastructure: universal access fonds for telecommunications

Migration
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Immigration as opportunity

Migration: Immigration as opportunity

Peacekeeping II
Tillmann Elliesen

Harmful diversity

Peacekeeping II: Harmful diversity

Poverty Reduction

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

Why you might find our newsletter useful
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
When qualifications don’t decide your career
Whose development?
Inequality is getting worse according to UNDP

Gender Equality

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

Why you might find our newsletter useful
Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy
Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries
Hard working female head porters in Ghana

Governance

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

Preparing for Ebola
The difficulty of quantifying diversity in the US
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Ethnicity is a fundamental part of African societies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts

Sustainability

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

Preparing for Ebola
The difficulty of quantifying diversity in the US
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Ethnicity is a fundamental part of African societies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts