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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
Andreas Jacobs

Revolution without change of power

Egypt's revolution without change of power

Social protection
Bernd Schubert

Consistently inconsistent

Internationally, cash transfer programmes are accepted as important means to fight poverty

Public Finance
Omari Issa

“Taxes don’t bother investors much”

Why investors do not worry much about developing countries’ tax rates

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why taxes serve prosperity

No representation without taxation

Malawi
Raphael Mweninguwe

Lower fish prices

Malawi: Lower fish prices

Taxation
Astrid Templin
Matthias Witt

Trust in the state

A good tax system promotes people’s trust in the state

Public-finance management
Stephan Klingebiel
Timo Mahn

In the fast lane

Rwanda’s public-finance management is improving fast

Decentralisation
Tim Auracher
Budi Sitepu

Spending other people’s money

To become more accountable, local governments are set to collect their own taxes

Niger
Yahouza Sadissou

The impact of the Libyan crisis on Niger

Migrants are fleeing from Libya to desperately poor Niger

Food security
Peter Hauff

A matter of peace

To fight hunger, it won’t do to merely boost agricultural production

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.

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
Defending the progress made

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