Articles by region:

Elasticsearch Mini

Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z

We'd like to modernise our digital outreach in ways that suit your needs.
Please support us and do take part in this anonymous online survey regarding our users’ preferences.

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 ...

Uganda
Merle Becker

Following the Arab Spring example

Ugandan protest movement “walks to work”

Interview
Abdelhamid Triki

“There is no going back”

Planning Minister Triki discusses Tunisia’s daunting reform agenda

Safe drinking water
Frank Bliss

400 wells for 20 ethnic groups

Digging wells is quite demanding in a setting of great ethnic diversity

Public Finance
Dirk Niebel

Simple, low and fair

Germany’s development minister: Taxes should be simple, low and fair

Civil strife
Rita Schäfer

Culture of male violence undermines society

Tackling male violence after civic strife

Interview
Yasser Alwan

“The mood is very tense”

Egypt’s road to democracy is proving rocky

Comment
Joachim Paul

Effects of the Arab Spring

The Arab Spring has forced Fatah and Hamas to join hands

Public finance
Samwar S. Fallah

Re-starting from scratch

Re-starting Liberia’s tax system from scratch

Comment
Mohammad Ali Khan

Most wanted

The killing of Osama Bin Laden has made the awkward alliance of the USA with Pakistan even more awkward

Authoritarian rule
Chief K. Masimba

Technology is not the answer

It takes courage, not only facebook, to topple an autocratic government

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