Ensuring that all children in the world obtain at least basic skills is paramount for world development. At least two-thirds of the world's youth do not even reach basic skill levels - i.e., the world is short of meeting the Sustainable Development Goal of universal quality education. This is...

Die Ergebnisse der 28. Weltklimakonferenz zeigen, dass internationale Zusammenarbeit trotz der geopolitisch schwierigen Lage möglich ist. Statt der befürchteten Blockade einigten sich die Staaten drei Jahrzehnte nach Beginn des COP-Prozesses erstmals auf die Abkehr von fossilen Brennstoffen in...

The primary aim of the study is to provide updated estimates of the financing gap to attain universal coverage for social protection floors. This estimation encompasses 133 low- and middle-income countries, and includes five income security guarantees (for children, persons with severe...

State fragility, which describes how different components of a state do (or do not) function, is a central concept for understanding how development activities and policies in complex political, humanitarian and conflict-affected contexts will (or will not) work in practice. Using fragility as a...