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The recommendations of the latest DAC Peer Review of Austrian development cooperation show well-known potential for improvement. Some points are already paid lip service to in the current government program, while others require a fundamental reorientation.

Higher yields, more income and thus more development: digital technologies are intended to transform Africa's largest economic sector - smallholder agriculture - and thus make it more powerful.

We live in an era of secession, since the end of World War II the United Nations has won 133 new members. What are the success factors for new countries? And: Will the political world map continue to crumble in the coming years?

Susanna Moorehead, chair of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee, sees one of the big questions for the future in reconciling climate change efforts with the economic and social development of poor countries. She wants Austria to have more financial commitment and more holistic access to development cooperation.

Namaste! More and more Indians are packing their bags and going abroad. India is now one of the fastest growing tourist markets of origin. The new globetrotters are being vigorously promoted.

The motto should be 'impact first' if capital is to be directed in the right direction to achieve the global goals for sustainable development. Better cooperation between private and public investors could help here.

For a hundred years, the International Labor Organization ILO has been advocating decent working conditions worldwide. Today, it has long been more than just a standard-setting organization.

New city! Think big! This is likely to be on the to-do list of heads of state of Egypt, Indonesia and the Philippines, which are building billion-dollar administrative seats.

"Freedom and Security" is the theme of this year's Forum Alpbach. The relationship between these two values ​​is being discussed at all levels in Tyrol. Exciting questions arise from the digital upheavals in ...

A life without identity card? This is normal for hundreds of millions of people in South Asia and Africa. To better capture their inhabitants, countries rely on digitization, biometric data and smartphone apps.