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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”.

Twin cities

Tackling climate issues

Local governments in Germany draft and implement climate policies with twin cities in the Global South

Sanitation

Access to better toilets

How to improve the sanitation situation in slum settlements

Liberia

Appointed by the president

Why elected local governments would be good for Liberia

Kenya

The new tier  of government

Kenya's new counties give people more say at the local level, but governance challenges persist

Local government

Meet Mayor Erap, the former president

More than a mere rerun? Joseph Estrada, the Philippines former president, is now running his nation’s capital city

Manila

Dysfunctional complexity

Metro Manila: why the governance structure is so complicated, and why that is not so unusual

Faith-based activism

Essential matters

Why human rights depend on civil-society activism and what role the churches can play

Print edition

Contents April issue

D+C/E+Z: Contents page of April's print edition with links to all contributions

Comment

Second chance

Nepal cannot thrive on tourism alone and needs more diverse opportunities

Refugees

Education crisis

There are not enough schools for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon

Sustainability

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