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Governance

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

Alba Nakuwa

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets

In recent weeks, massive protests have erupted in Kenya’s major cities triggered by discontent over the finance bill 2024. The people on the streets are almost exclusively young people, forming a kind of political movement the country has never seen before. Pr...

Smallholder farms
Hendrik Knoche
HS Jamadagni
PR Sheshagiri Rao

Peer pressure

Smart-phone apps could boost productivity even of illiterate farmers

Internet
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Putting a check on leaders

Long before the Arab spring, mobilisation by SMS toppled a president in Philippines

E-governance
Maja Bott
Bianca Clausen

Great opportunities

Information technology opens up new opportunities for improving governance

Mobile telephony
Michael Ruffert

Citizen participate via SMS

In Togo, some citizens use text messages to monitor their local government

Expanding market
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Business dimensions

The Internet's business relevance has grown dramatically in the Philippines

Gülen movement
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Power struggle in Turkey

German think tank analyses the Gülen movement's impact on politics in Turkey

Global governance
Erik Solheim

“Investigate internationally”

Erik Solheim of the OECD wants rich nations to step up the fight against illicit financial flows

Repression
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Pledging allegiance

Egypt’s constitutional referendum was merely a triumph of counter-revolution

Stemming corruption
Michael Ruffert

Government watchdogs

Uganda's supreme auditors put a check on illicit financial flows

Nowadays
Samir Abi

I dream of inclusion

Unfair marginalisation of children with disabilities in Togo

Poverty Reduction

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

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
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Gender Equality

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

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

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

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
ODA under attack

Sustainability

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

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
ODA under attack