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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 ...

Southeast Asia
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Policing the Philippines’ law enforcers

Why Filipinos have reason to fear their nation’s police force

Rule of law
Sally Atkinson-Sheppard
Tim Pfannmüller

Prisons need reform

By reforming its prisons, Bangladesh can set an example

Official development assistance

Failing “failed” states

According to Oxfam, donors are neglecting fragile states

Comment
Elke Grawert

New start, old baggage

South Sudanese people voted for independence

World Social Forum
Mohamed Gueye

Near flop

The World Social Forum was about to flop

Community participation
Immacultata Raphael

No more cholera

Providing everyone with safe drinking water in Tanazania’s Hai District

Comment
Ronald Meinardus

Democratic uprising

Europe must support democratic uprising in the Arab world

Post-conflict society
Eva-Maria Verfürth

Excellent work for women

The advantages of having many women in Nicaragua’s police force

Journalism
Halima Umar Sani
Abubakar Salihu Abubakar

Making friends on the air

Freedom Radio’s police programme is putting pressure on law enforcers in Kano, Nigeria

Health
Frank Odenthal

Dedicated at first, discouraged later

State intervention is undermining Ghana’s succesful health microinsurance schemes

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