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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Alba Nakuwa

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets

In recent weeks, massive protests have erupted in Kenya’s major cities triggered by discontent over the finance bill 2024. The people on the streets are almost exclusively young people, forming a kind of political movement the country has never seen before. Pr...

Psychiatric problems
Samir Abi

Metaphysical explanations

In West Africa, traditional or religious practices are often the preferred method of treating mental disorders

Vocational schools
Verena Stamm

Anything is possible

Vocational schools are an important aspect of education and training in Burundi

School system
Verena Stamm

Charitable and faith-based initiatives must jump in

The school situation in Burundi is difficult

Public health
Raphael Mweninguwe

Preventable diseases

Malawi’s health sector is doing a good job in combatting neglected tropical diseases

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Sudan is not China

Western media under-estimate the extent to which China opened up under authoritarian rule after the Tiananmen Square massacre

Forced migration
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Creating prospects for refugees

German development policy focuses on the causes and consequences of displacement

Development finance
Cema Tork

Principles traded for efficiency

A new study finds that the AIIB may undermine multilateral bank standards, and that Europe’s members can save them

Inequality
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

How addictive behaviours are linked to inequality

A new book by two British scholars explores the negative impacts that social inequality has on mental health

War
Moutaz Ali

Shell shocks during Ramadan

Despite on-going fighting, Libyans celebrate the holy month of Ramadan

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Nationalist rhetoric does not help in international arenas

Why populists failed to build European alliance

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack