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Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”

Michael Rodrigo was a Catholic priest who campaigned for religious dialogue in Sri Lanka. He called his efforts the “dialogue of life”.

Governance

Election drama

In Kenya, the fight for a clean and transparent election system continues

Assertive judges

Long road to independence

Kenya has made progress towards the judicial independence the new constitution promises

Business media should finally see through Modi’s mask

Chief of India’s central bank steps down

International organisations

A reform agenda for the ILO

The tripartite setting of the ILO was useful in the past, but it does not represent the world of work adequately today

Epidemics

Health care by donations

Zimbabwe’s government asks citizen to donate money in order to combat cholera

Global governance

Labour is not a commodity

The ILO was established to promote social justice 100 years ago – and that mission stays relevant

World Bank

Good enough governance

According to the World Bank, the quality of governance depends on people’s policy acceptance

Syria

Insights into a war-torn country

Journalist lets the victims of the war in Syria tell their stories and the history of the country

Narcotics

“Gravest social malady”

Why Iran’s government has made its anti-drug legislation less draconian

Understanding one's own culture and history is not enough

African heritage belongs to Africa, but some items could be repaid in kind

Sustainability

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