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Poverty Reduction

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

Rukamanee Maharjan

Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains

Three days of unusually heavy rain caused devasting flooding and landslides in Nepal in late September. Events like this are becoming normal around the world and getting less attention than they did in the past. Nepal faces significant challenges in protecting...

Social protection
Matthias Meissner

Ways out of old-age poverty

Societies are ageing in many countries

Fair-trade travelling
Harald A. Friedl

Complex issues

Development opportunities and ethical challenges of tourism

Corporate Social Responsibility
Heinz Fuchs

Responsible tourism

Corporate Social Responsibility in the tourism industry

Comment
Stefan Rother

A historical step

International Labour Conference acknowledges rights of domestic workers

Global statistics
Angelika Wirtz

Careful data management

Disasters and the challenges of database management

Poverty reduction
Uwe Singer
Markus Wauschkuhn

Goals that make a difference

Accurately assessing the MDGs and meaningful goals beyond

Schools
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Formal education must be of practical relevance

Higher school enrolment in Africa is leading to new challenges

Financial inclusion
Laura Ceresna

Banking the rural poor

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

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Give them a chance

Give young people the chances they deserve

Youth
Adelheid Schultze

Work brings security

Employment is a route to political stability in fragile states

Poverty Reduction

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

Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
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Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi
Cold war inside the G20 Common Framework

Gender Equality

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

A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
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A story is always part of the currents of its time
Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi
Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda

Governance

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

History did not end
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
How opium became a pillar of the British Empire
The forgotten Arab slave trade
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Sustainability

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

History did not end
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
How opium became a pillar of the British Empire
The forgotten Arab slave trade
Why you might find our newsletter useful