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Governance

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

Isaac Sagala

Why Kenya is on fire

For weeks, Kenya has been experiencing a wave of protests led by young people, triggered by an unpopular finance bill. No one can really say they didn’t see this coming. What is unfolding in Kenya is a lesson in what happens when the debt crisis escalates not ...

Public finance
Nfamara Jawneh

Serving the people by taxing them

Gambia’s revenue authority is making progress

50 years BMZ

The African perspective

African expert assesses 50 years of German development policy

Sustainable urbanisation
Merle Becker

600,000 jobs in China

UNEP chief says sustainability matters in view of rapid urbanisation

New security index
Peter Hauff

Somalia scores worst

New security index: Somalia scores worst

Minorities

Shocking murders of Tamil women

Sri Lanka: Shocking murders of Tamil women

Franco-German development aid
Peter Hauff

A first in South Sudan

France and Germany bundle their resources to support the water sector in South Sudan

Comment
Anne Jung
Marie Müller

Appearances can be deceptive

Civil society representatives are disappointed in Kimberley Process

Comment

Unfinished revolutions

Unfinished revolutions in the Arab world

July/August edition

Letters to the editor

Readers’ responses to the July-August edition

Mulitlateral policymaking
Melanie Müller

The myth of a global civil society

Too few NGOs from developing countries take part in climate summits

Poverty Reduction

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

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
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests

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.

Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court

Sustainability

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

Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court