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Digitalisation
Dirk Reinhard

Marketing digital microinsurance

Increased use of mobile phones and mobile payment systems opens up unexpected possibilities for insuring disadvantaged people

Finance
Dirk Reinhard

Inclusive insurance for everyone

In times of climate crisis and pandemic, low-income groups worldwide need better access to affordable insurance

Informal sector
Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe

Social protection for everyone

Informal workers deserve to be shielded from shocks such as sickness and unemployment

Road safety
Ben Ezeamalu
Ben Ezeamalu

High death risk on African roads

Why success regarding SDG target for road safety hinges on Africa

Development cooperation
Aline Burni
Niels Keijzer

The relentless global decay of democracy

A two-decade trend of autocratisation is eroding democratic principles worldwide. Providers of development cooperation should take notice.

Gender relations
Marva Khan
Marva Khan

A brief history of rape law in Pakistan

Why Victorian norms still permeate South Asian laws

Rule of law
Marva Khan
Marva Khan

Improving rape victims’ access to the courts

Pakistan ends shameful practice of virginity testing in prosecution of sexualised violence

Global debt governance
Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann

Escaping from the debt trap

An insolvency procedure should be implemented for states

Military security
Vladimir Antwi-Danso
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Moscow tries to counter western interests wherever it can

West Africa scholar explains why global trends are giving rise to “systemic coups” in his world region

Fatal fires
Rukamanee Maharjan

When building regulations are not followed

Government officials pay too little attention to fire hazards in Nepal

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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