Global South Development Magazine

While Africa continues to face challenges around healthcare accessibility and cost, there are glimmers of hope on the digital horizon, explains Rodney Taylor.
https://www.gsdmagazine.org/navigating-healthcare-uncertainty-across-africa/

Influx of Refugees Strain South Sudan’s Transit Centers
The lack of clean water and sanitation at the centers leaves more than 300 people sharing a single water tap, raising alarms about potential cholera outbreaks.

https://www.gsdmagazine.org/influx-of-refugees-strain-south-sudans-transit-centers/

Influx of Refugees Strain South Sudan's Transit Centers South Sudan's transit centers in Renk are grappling with overcrowding as over 15,000 individuals surpass the designed capacity by three times, exacerbating the risk of disease outbreaks.

"Profitable microfinance did not have the full effect of economic gains that was intended, and a course correction was needed."

Why Microenterprise Still Works for Poverty Reduction? - GSDM A series of impact studies showed that microfinance had mixed results. Charging affordable interest rates and offering training as well as loans simply wasn’t profitable – and profitable microfinance did not have the full effect of economic gains that was intended. A course correction was needed...

"What protesters consider as the Rajapaksa government’s failures have been symptoms, rather than causes, of the structural weaknesses threatening to tear apart the economy," writes Uditha Devapriya.

The protests in Sri Lanka: An alternative perspective - GSDM What protesters consider as the Rajapaksa government’s failures have been symptoms, rather than causes, of the structural weaknesses threatening to tear apart the economy. The government must share much of the blame for this: in particular, the Rajapaksas’ tendency to surround themselves with ye...

The real and lasting victories are
those of peace, and not of war.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Famine can still be prevented – but that opportunity is slipping away with every day that passes.”

https://www.gsdmagazine.org/famine-in-yemen-up-to-5-million-people-likely-to-suffer-in-2021-aid-agencies-call-for-action/

Famine in Yemen: up to 5 million people likely to suffer in 2021, aid agencies call for action The surging crisis is a combination of complex causes: intensifying conflict which has brought on an economic collapse, including dramatic food price increases in Yemen’s south, and a fuel import embargo hitting families in northern areas. The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded suffering as remittan...

COVID19 and a confluence of other events–like the surge in the ongoing conflict, the US military withdrawal and a significant further decline in foreign aid and military spending–has already forced the Afghan government to focus more on immediate and urgent political challenges rather than committing to long-term policies for reforms, poverty reduction and sustainable economic growth.

"Despite billions of dollars that poured into Afghanistan in the form of foreign aid and military spending, poverty is soaring in the country."

"Latest projections indicate that GDP growth in Afghanistan is likely to decline by 8.2 percent in 2020."

The spread of COVID-19 and the acute deficit of health care services will deteriorate many social SDG indicators in Afghanistan.

https://www.gsdmagazine.org/the-impact-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-sdg-attainment-in-afghanistan/

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on SDG attainment in Afghanistan COVID-19 has constrained many of the ongoing SDG-readying support provided to the Government of Afghanistan and may have major implications for judicious and long-term development policymaking and programming that are needed to achieve the priority SDG targets in Afghanistan.

"South South Women is consistently innovating, rethinking and building for change," says Zaynah Khanbhai, Founder of South South Women.

'We are in the midst of an intense global transition', an interview with Zaynah Khanbhai, founder of South South Women "Our approach to South-South cooperation is about generating mutually beneficial opportunities and results by cultivating values with one another and our counterparts in the North. In the process, we demystify stereotypes and create innovative standards for collaborations and measures for success,"....

- Junior soldiers were told to get their first kill by shooting prisoners, in a practice known as "flooding"
- Weapons and other items were planted near Afghan bodies to cover up crimes.

Australian 'war crimes': Elite troops killed Afghan civilians, report finds A misconduct inquiry uncovered a 'shameful record' of a 'warrior culture' among some soldiers.