Under certain conditions, falling birth rates can produce a “demographic dividend”, for example in sub-Saharan Africa

Zambia has often relied on IMF aid in recent decades

The budgets of many developing countries and emerging markets are far too constrained

In response to multiple crises, governments must be able to invest assertively

The German Institute for Medical Mission is supporting health care in Malawi by encouraging communities to take the initiative

Why social safety nets are key to fighting hunger and poverty in the global south

The realities of the climate crisis are becoming increasingly obvious – for example in Uganda

Researchers advise Germany's Federal Government to draft coherent strategies crisis and conflict countries

UNICEF reckons that one third of the world’s schoolchildren did not get formal lessons because of Covid-19

Research must pay more attention to family farms, says Hildegard Lingnau of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation