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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 ...

Comment
Raphael Mweninguwe

Summer of discontent

Malawi’s president is defying donors as well as civil society organisations

Aid effectiveness debate
Antonio Tujan Jr.

Demanding democratic ownership

A call for democratic ownership of development programmes

KfW Development Bank
Uli Brunner
Jens Drillisch

Appropriate grids

New grid infrastructure is needed to make full use of renewable energies

Comment
Mufudzi Moyo

Dashed hopes

Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe is making life impossible to his coalition partner

Global governance
Henning Melber

“To save us from hell”

The lasting lecagy of UN General-Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld 50 years after his death

Gender policies
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

The odds against women

Nigerian trade unions promote gender justice, though not with much bite

Interview
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie

“Help to get on our own feet”

Indonesian lessons for the Arab world

Editorial
Eva-Maria Verfürth

Slow progress

After decades of campaigning, women still deserve to be protected and pomoted in working life

PEGNet
Alexander Freese
Linda Kleemann

Stimulating exchange

The Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network and its annual conferences

Relevant reading
Inga Müller

Equality pays

Relevant reading: why it pays to promote equal opportunities for both sexes

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