In order to alleviate poverty and food insecurity in Malawi – one of the poorest countries in the world – in 2016 the Government of Malawi, the Mwanza District Council, and COMSIP Cooperative Union, with the support of the GIZ Social Protection Programme, designed and implemented the...

Social protection schemes, such as cash transfers are effective in improving the ability of beneficiaries to meet their basic needs: however, the evidence available shows that they are unlikely to move beneficiaries sustainably out of extreme poverty. While alternative anti-poverty programmes,...

The 2030 Agenda has provided new impetus to two facets of the struggle for poverty alleviation, which is a central goal of the international development community. First, poverty is no longer viewed strictly in monetary terms, but rather as a multidimensional phenomenon. Second, the need to...

One of the priorities of the international community is alleviating food insecurity, as stated in Goal 2 of the recently approved 2030 Agenda: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. The region with the highest prevalence of food insecurity...

With the signing of the 2030 Agenda, the international community has committed to ending poverty in all its forms. This first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) recognises poverty as a multidimensional phenomenon that goes beyond the simple lack of a sufficient amount of income. However, the way...

Eine der vorrangigen Aufgaben der internationalen Gemeinschaft ist die Bekämpfung der Ernährungsunsicherheit, wie im Nachhaltigkeitsziel 2 der vor kurzem verabschiedeten Agenda 2030 festgeschrieben: „Den Hunger beenden, Ernährungssicherheit und eine bessere Ernährung erreichen und eine...

The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development clearly recognises that poverty is more than just the lack of a sufficient amount of income. However, some scholars argue that an income-based measure of poverty can sufficiently capture poverty in other dimensions. Unfortunately, the...

Soziale Kohäsion ist eine Voraussetzung für friedliche und wirtschaftlich erfolgreiche Gesellschaften. Die Frage, was Gesellschaften zusammenhält und welche Politik soziale Kohäsion stärkt, wird auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene immer prominenter diskutiert. In diesem Briefing Papier...