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Overview multilateral policymaking
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Global problems require global solutions

Why multilateral policymaking must improve and who can make it happen

Food prices
Francisco Marí

Number of starving people worldwide is again on the rise

Rocketing food prices are only partly due to shortages; food speculation and energy prices are key drivers

Fossil energy
Zohra Cosima Benamar

Moscow and Riyadh share a longing for Trump

OPEC+ cuts oil production for economic reasons – and with geopolitical implications

Macroeconomics
André de Mello e Souza
André de Mello e Souza

The heavy burden of a strong dollar

How the fast appreciating US currency is causing stress in developing countries and emerging markets

Governance
Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann

Debt situation is escalating in many developing countries

Multilateral action is needed to get a grip on debt problems in low-income countries

Covid-19
Dasmani Laary

Economic recovery in Ghana

Businesses in Ghana slowly recover from Corona slump, but rising inflation creates new problems

Occupational health
Olga Speranskaya

Toxic substances in the life cycle of clothing

Many workers in textile and garments manufacturing are exposed to health risks they do not understand

Inflation
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

Ugandan government sees inflation as external shock

Rising commodity prices are making daily life harder in Uganda

Garments production
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Clothing must get more value again

Textile production is an ethically, morally and ecologically complex issue – the industry needs social and sustainability standards

Ukraine war
Claudia Isabel Rittel

To the benefit of the starving, hungry might be given less

Ukraine war may mean hunger for millions of people. Therefore, experts demand financial support for poorer countries’ grain purchases

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Poverty Reduction

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

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?
Inequality is getting worse according to UNDP

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.

From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made
To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient
Pakistan’s politically assertive women

Sustainability

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

From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made
To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient
Pakistan’s politically assertive women