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Governance

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

Rehan Fernando

Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Buddhism is Sri Lanka’s main religion, but Christianity, Hinduism and Islam also have a large following. The country has experienced several conflicts over the last five decades, influenced by factors such as nationalism and economic policy, but not least by r...

Interview
Peter Molt

“Democracy does not stand a chance in Rwanda”

“Democracy does not stand a chance in Rwanda“

Interview
Claire Schaffnit-Chatterjee

Long term risks to food security

Food security: humanity needs different models for production and consumption

Representative democracy
Cathrine Schweikardt

Afghanistan’s female MPs lack unity

Afghanistan’s female MPs lack unity

Comment
Mohammad Ali Khan

The army must not do too much

The army must not reconstruct too much in Pakistan’s rebel areas

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

An irony of poverty reduction

MDG 1 remains the greatest challenge

Scholarship
André Lieber

Emerging stronger from crisis

Development economics has something to offer in times of crisis

Climate change
Juliana Radler de Aquino

Governance matters

Climate change: Brazil is preparing to benefit from international rules on forest protection

Public finance
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Bitter losses

G-20 have not achieved much in fighting taxing havens

Food security
Thomas Marzahl

A human-rights issue

Food security is a human-rights issue

Development goals
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Something to work with

EU Development goals

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.

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
Turning point in sanctions policy

Sustainability

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

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
Turning point in sanctions policy