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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.

Take a close look

Take a close look

Rising giants

Rising giants

Sustainability

Business interests, correctly understood

Business interests, correctly understood

Armin Laschet, cabinet member in North Rhine-…

“Look beyond the dashboard”

“Look beyond the dashboard”

Agrictulture

Sacrificial pawns

Sacrificial pawns

Multinationals

Voluntary, vague, and unenforceable

Voluntary, vague, and unenforceable

Climate

Risk assessment at many levels

Risk assessment at many levels

Climate

“Skip the age of fossil fuels”

“Skip the age of fossil fuels”

Climate

Beyond aid as we know it

Beyond aid as we know it

Africa: Development aid neutralised by war

Africa: Development aid neutralised by war

Poverty Reduction

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

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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.

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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