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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”

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

Mixed feelings

Peru’s NGOs want government decentralisation to serve social goals and public participation

Fundamental rights

Problems after the Arab spring

In the eyes of Human Rights Watch, 2012 was a tough year – especially in North Africa and the Middle East

Intervention

Françafrique à la Hollande

Mali needs more than military assistance, and nation-building is a long-term affair

Public participation

Field trials

China's urban planners are increasingly interested in their people’s desires

Rural democracy

Living in the villages

After 25 years of elected village councils in India, democracy still needs to be deepened

Governance

A lever for reducing poverty

The decentralisation of government powers contributes to fighting poverty in meaningful ways, so Germany is supporting related reforms

Crisis prevention

Evaluation and quality control

For reasons of politics and methodology, it is especially challenging to evaluate peacebuilding operations

Sports

South Africa 2010 – Germany 2006

For FIFA World Cup in 2010, German experience proved useful to South African cities

Sports

“Joint effort”

With support from Germany, Salvador da Bahia is preparing to host FIFA World Cup games in 2014

Military

Problematic sale

Church-based organisations in Germany criticise their country's increasing arms exports