Progress in Africa (towards fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals) is made by women.

Corruption prevents money from going to where it is needed. This cartoon is part of our...

In 2000, the United Nations set 8 development goals to be reached by 2015. The goals...

Cartoon by Timo Essner on people and cars, cities and city planning, living space and...

On the urban fringes, favelas are home to workers and a source of art and political...

Community development

'Humanitarian agencies are aware that attempts to provide humanitarian assistance may...

One of the biggest challenges in giving money to developing countries is making sure that...

How effective is European development aid? This cartoon is part of our project on the...

As the planet continues to add population, and as the climate continues to get hotter, the...

The UN promises to halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable...

Pro-democracy movements are concerned that Zimbabwe could take the wrong lessons from the...

Will the objective to eradicate hunger be realized, or is it merely an empty promise...

Tjeerd Royaards: 'Another cartoon made during our stay in Haiti. The place where we're...

Cartoon by Timo Essner on Microsoft and Windows11, technical development and premature...

For a growing proportion of the world population, access to fresh water is becoming a...

A land without water is a world without life. Click here to see our entire collection of...

How much is Europe really willing to help developing nations?

Although it may seem out of reach, our goals in ending hunger and poverty, universal and...

Digital censorship grows as media moves online. In China the Internet censorship policy is...

The birth of the new pointer

A substantial part of the money that is donated to Africa every year disappears into the...

Numerous world heritage sites are under threat because of overdevelopment and pollution..

Many people around the globe face extreme hunger and starvation. This cartoon is part of...

This cartoon is selected for the Sphere Project, and will be used in a campaign to promote...

Economic development comes at a hefty price for China’s environment. 90 percent of all...

10 million people die every year of hunger. This cartoon is part of our special project on...

All people affected by disaster or conflict - women and men, boys and girls - have the...

The division between richer and poorer peoples worldwide will only become a more intense...

This cartoon is part of an educational project we've done in cooperation with Lot's...