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Governance

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

Shakira Wafula
Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Kenya’s youth have been taking to the streets against the government for weeks. Sports student Shakira Wafula almost involuntarily became a face of the movement. In this interview, she talks about what is driving young Kenyans.

Local government
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Water investments in Peru

The Inter-American Development Bank assesses the flaws of participatory budgeting in Peru’s water sector

Religious communities
Becky Adda-Dontoh

“Dignity and self-esteem”

In Nigeria's Plateau State, deprivation is root cause of violence involving Muslims and Christians

South Asia

We are one

Unless politicians agitate irresponsibly, India’s diverse religious communities live in peace

Globalisation sceptics
Martina Sabra

Many open questions

World Social Forum in Tunis boosts leftist, secular and feminist forces in the Arab world

Nowadays
Ipsita Sapra

Rough patch for anti-graft movement

India's anti-corruption activists need to reconsider strategy

Military
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Weapons in areas of conflict

Two years after the revolutions – western arms for the countries of the Arab Spring

Traffic
Hans-Heinrich Bass
Thanh Trung Nguyen

Imminent gridlock

Vietnam needs to tackle urban-traffic congestion

Bitter Rivals
Sella Oneko

The people’s choice

Three weeks after the elections, Kenyans still do not know whether Uhuru Kenyatta will be their president

Bangladesh
Najma Rizvi

Enduring misery

Bangladesh does not guarantee food security as demanded by its constitution

War crimes
Abdullah Al-Farooq

Burdened by the past

Bangladesh’s independence war of 1971 is making itself felt in Islamist violence today

Poverty Reduction

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

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
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018

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.

“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
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities

Sustainability

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

“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
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities