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Sozialpolitik, Sozialentwicklung
Social protection
Matthias Meissner

Ways out of old-age poverty

Societies are ageing in many countries

Good Governance
Katja Grunow

Rainforest protection by comptroller generals

Supreme auditors promote protection of Amazonian rainforest

Relevant reading
Dirk Reinhard

Small means, massive impact

Review: relevant reading on microinsurance

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Ask Obama

The rights to deposit savings, access credit and enjoy insurance protection

Microfinance
Maxime Prud'Homme
Bakary Traoré

Innovations in Sikasso

Health mutual MUSARS runs microinsurance scheme in southern Mali

Microfinance
Dubby Mahalanobis

Tricky challenges

The complex challenges of microinsurance administration

Microfinance
Hans Dieter Seibel

“Local roots”

Why microcredit programmes should be based on local savings

Research
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Work is not everything

Researches focus on decent work

Primary education
Atussa Ziai

New school books, new boost

Education sector in Pakistan has improved in the last years, yet a lot has to be done

Social networks
Clemens Greiner
Michael Schnegg

Urban-rural lifestyles

Rural-urban networking secures livelihoods

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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.

Phasing out fossil fuels with climate finance
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

Sustainability

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

Phasing out fossil fuels with climate finance
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