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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”.

Habitat development

“Future development will be urban”

With Connective Cities, a new Internet platform helps networking of municipalities worldwide

International civil society

Reaching out to young people

For two years, Engagement Global has been working for development on municipal level, and is drawing a balance

Comment

Avoidable crisis

To stop Isis, Iraq needs a credible social contract

Domestic violence

Miles apart, ­sisters in pain

Domestic violence and sexual abuse are found all over the world – Nigeria and India being prime examples

Inequality

Self-serving middle classes

Hopes that rising incomes automatically lead to more activism for good governance are probably exaggerated

Nowadays

Take the poo to the loo

Nearly half of India’s population – 620 million – still defacates in the open

Social disparities

Not some kind of fashion thing

The lessons of the MDGs must be learned – and one is to focus more on inequality

Urban infrastructure

Public transport for 30 million people

Chinese megacity Chongqing wants to become a model for light-rail traffic

Nowadays

Refugee for a lifetime

Many long-term refugees have spent their entire life in refugee camps

KfW

„It is not just about money“

Stephan Opitz: The governments of large emerging economies are interested in renewable-energy technology

Sustainability

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