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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.

Peace building
Peter Hauff

Sharia and reason of state

Pitfalls of democracy promotion in the Arab world

Psychology
Floreana Miesen

Standardised suffering

Mental diseases are spreading, and must be understood in their cultural context

European Report on Development
Peter Hauff

Coping with scarcities

European Report on Development focusses on the scarcity of water, energy and land

Comment
Olayinka Oyegbile

More serious worries

ECOWAS has not come to grips with Mali's crisis – nor has the international community

Online petition

Right to critical thought

It makes sense to use controversial political cartoons in school books

West Africa
Floreana Miesen

Blood diamonds

Blood diamonds fuelled Sierra Leone's civil war

Crisis areas
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

State of conflict

Some regions in India face the same problems resource-rich fragile states have

Rule of law
Henning Melber

On the state of the state

States must provide more than favourable environments for markets

Street vending
Raphael Mweninguwe

Eyesores and livelyhoods

Unemployed youth populate streets of Malawi’s towns

Governance
Paul Collier

“A better narrative”

Natural resources: Paul Collier argues there is an alternative to plunder

Poverty Reduction

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

“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
Mexico’s first female president

Gender Equality

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

Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything

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