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Slum-dwellers

India’s commercial hub is a city of migrants

Masses of people who live in Mumbai’s miserable slums appreciate the city’s many opportunities

Urban life
Thuany Rodrigues

Rio’s poor have reason to fear the police

The vast majority in Brazil’s poor communities are not involved in crime

Marginalised communities
Thuany Rodrigues

Where Brazil's neglected people live

Favelas are a particular kind of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Brazilian cities

Environmental protection
Ridwanul Hoque

Nice try

Why an important court ruling concerning Bangladesh’s natural environment did not set an internationally relevant precedent

Summer Special
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Kolkata, New York, Venice

Amitav Ghosh’s novel “Gun island” deals with global heating and global migration

Traffic safety
Maxwell Suuk

Carnage on the roads

Ghana’s roads are increasingly scenes of serious traffic accidents

Water
Krupa Ge

Marginalised women’s plight

Women’s stressful duty of procuring water

Urban life
Krupa Ge

No water – or too much of it

2019 Chennai suffered a terrible drought – after devastating flooding four years earlier

Traffic congestion
Karim Okanla

Fury behind the wheel

Road rage is on the rise on Cotonou’s congested streets

Labour market
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Masses of young people, too few jobs

How governance matters for creating full employment in Africa

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
Local mobile app challenging international competitor

Gender Equality

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

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
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

Governance

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

Ethnicity is a fundamental part of African societies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
Tackling cross-border crime
Counting the number of people
Battles over selves

Sustainability

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

Ethnicity is a fundamental part of African societies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
Tackling cross-border crime
Counting the number of people
Battles over selves