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Governance

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

Rehan Fernando

“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”.

Austerity policy
Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho

Shrinking states – and economies

The same sad story – austerity in Europe feels like failed structural adjustment in Africa and Latin America in the past century

Migration
Marc von ­Boemcken
Ruth Vollmer

Death on the southern border

Rigorous protection of Europe’s borders means many refugees are losing their lives

European Year for Development
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A special year

The European Year for Development is much more than a PR effort

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

One voice

The EU remains a global model of peacebuilding and supranational policy-making

Comment
Felix Horne

Media freedom in decline

Ethiopian citizens suffer from state repression

European policy
Dirk Messner

“We must take seriously our own promises”

How the EU could boost its global influence

Participation in public life
Seth Oteng
Susanne Giese

“Voice is fine – but needs to be heard”

Ghanaian youth organisation increases its reach

Victims of dictatorship
Kai Ambos
Eneas Romero

Delayed truth, no justice

Brazil's democracy must learn from the atrocities of the military dictatorship

Trade and urbanisation
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Growing transport threatens climate

Carbon emissions from international freight will quadruple by 2050, warns OECD Transport Outlook 2015

Health care
Moutaz Ali

From bad to worse

The health sector in Libya has deteriorated after the revolution

Poverty Reduction

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

Fundamental human right under attack
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

Gender Equality

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

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

Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”
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

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
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