Employment and the fight against poverty

Discrimination

New 10/08/2022 – by Rainer Brockhaus

Development cooperation must become more inclusive

Policy makers and civil society must recognise inclusion as a cross-cutting task – and so must international development and humanitarian relief

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Culture Special

New 02/08/2022 – by Sabine Balk

American joy and sorrow

The novel "Behold the Dreamers" scrutinises the "American dream" based on the experiences of an immigrant family from Cameroon

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Resources

New 25/07/2022 – by Derrick Silimina

Zambia and DRC partnering in battery production

Zambia and the DRC hope to become massive producers and refiners of cobalt for electric vehicle batteries

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Demographic change

15/07/2022 – by Dagmar Wolf

Older people’s rights are human rights

Countries in the global South are also contending with a demographic change, which is presenting significant challenges for their societies

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Fight for survival

11/07/2022 – by Bright Boateng

Webheadline: Underage “okada” riders in Ghana

The involvement of underage children in the commercial motorcycle taxi business is raising concern

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Pakistan

08/07/2022 – by Imran Mukhtar

Some poor people depend on garbage scavenging in Islamabad

In Pakistan, informal waste pickers manage about 50 % of municipal waste

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Secondhand clothes

07/07/2022 – by Thomas Ahlmann

Used clothing collection in Germany

The quantity collected by clothing drives has risen significantly since the mid-1990s as consumption habits have changed

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SECONDHAND CLOTHES

06/07/2022 – by Thomas Ahlmann

The benefits outweigh the costs

The export of secondhand clothing has been criticised, but it has advantages, particularly for low-income people

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Gender equality

05/07/2022 – by Oliver Schmidt

Women are particularly disadvantaged in the informal sector

Gender equality matters in both the formal and the informal economy, for example when it comes to finance

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Kenya

04/07/2022 – by Jacob Opara

Poor Kenyans complain about rising public debt

Instead of having shiny infrastructure projects, Kenyans would prefer to have more financial support from the government

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Economy

03/07/2022 – by Oliver Schmidt

Bringing businesses out of the informal sector

Governments and donor agencies worldwide do a great deal to strengthen the formal economy – but not all their efforts are crowned with success

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Employment and the fight against poverty