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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”.

A primer on post-truth life in Moscow

In Russia, nothing is true and everything is possible

Childhood

Forgotten heroes

Orphans who raise their younger siblings deserve special attention, not only in Nigeria

Southern Africa

New brooms sweeping clean?

Political upheaval is taking place from the Congo to South Africa

Health

Contaminated water causes cholera

Poor sanitation led to an outbreak of cholera in Zambia

Child abuse

When crime is the best of many bad options

Street children are involved in organised crime in Bangladesh

Asian economies

New cross-border competition policy

ADB economists see need for multilateral rules to guide internet businesses

Childhood and youth

This matter cannot wait

African policymakers must do more than pay lip service to the Sustainable Development Goal to improve education at all levels

Respiratory health

10 % of the disease burden

India needs determined action to fight air pollution

Disease prevention

Sugar crisis in Mexico

In Mexico, a consumer protection organisation campaigns against the food lobby and fights for sensible health policies

Latin America

The grim legacy of dictatorship

Since the end of the military dictatorship, Argentina’s governments have found it difficult to deal with the armed forces

Sustainability

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