Development and
Cooperation

All monthly issues

Armutsbekämpfung

Women account for the lion’s share of economic output in developing countries; the SPD wants to step up support for them. Garment workers in Bangladesh.

SPD

Focus on poverty reduction

by
by Stefan Rebmann

Financing

Is microcredit a debt trap?

by
by Oliver Schmidt
Women often receive insufficient education about family planning and contraceptives

Contraception

Facts and figures on family planning

by
by Renate Bähr
Education about types of contraception and their use is especially essential for women.

Education and contraception

Self-determined life for women

by
by Renate Bähr

Finances

Village banking changes lives

by
by Raphael Mweninguwe
Girl with pregnant woman.

Editorial

Unfinished business

by
by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Simple precautions, such as the use of mosquito nets, can save the lives of children.

Health care

Investing in the world’s poorest children

by
by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Protesting in Pretoria.

Democracy

The ANC’s real crisis

by
by Majaletje Mathume
A British couple with two daughters who were born of surrogate mothers.

Surrogate motherhood

Anonymity is problematic

by
by Anika König
Subscribe to Armutsbekämpfung