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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...

Op-ed voices

Dimensions of crisis

Op-ed voices on the Central African Republic’s crisis

Military

Global benefits, national motives

Why Bangladesh sends troops on UN missions and how the world benefits from such engagement

World Bank
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Social inclusion

World Bank study calls for social inclusion and proposes meaningful measures

Conflict regions
Vera Dicke

Women for peace

According to the OECD, gender relations must be addressed in fragile states because statebuilding and equal rights go hand-in-hand

Social protection
Samwar S. Fallah

Elderly left alone

In Liberia, many old people have not enough to live on, especially disabled civil-war veterans.

Nowadays
Sandip Chattopadhyay

Nowadays: Behind the times

West Bengal's state government mistakenly considers bicycles a major traffic problem

Legal pluralism
Peter Strack

An intercultural model

Bolivia’s pluralist justice system combines state and indigenous law

Education
Reda Fhelboom

Removing Gaddafi from schoolbooks

In post-revolution Libya, schools are using drastically different history books

World Development Report 2014
Barbara Mayrhofer

Grasping opportunities

World Development Report 2014 calls for effective risk management

 Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Judging the judges

Judging the judges:­ independent branch of government must not be beyond criticism

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
Why you might find our newsletter useful

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