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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...

Nature reserves
Martin Lux
Jürgen Czerwenka

Joint administration

Local people participate in the administration of Bolivia’s Samaja National Park

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

New ways

The Green Revolution is part of the problem, not the solution

Gender
Andrea Herbst

Asia has world’s worst gender gap

Asia: the world’s worst gender gap

Agriculture
Hartmut Meyer
Annette von Lossau

Dispute over food security

Dispute over food security and intellectual property rights

Food security
Francois Meienberg

Infringement of farmers’ rights

Strict enforcement of intellectual property rights hurts farmers

Farmers' rights in India
Suman Sahai

The way it always was

India’s law on plant variety protection and farmers’ rights

Microfinance
Inka Rank

Beyond more income

Grameen Bank model works for Argentina’s Fundación León

Business development
Balthas Seibold
Phillip Winter

Freedom to innovate

Global commons allow for innovation without patents

Agriculture
Rolf Jördens

“Legal framework for investment”

UPOV’s plant variety protection serves to stimulate investment and modernisation

Natural resources
Claudia Isabel Rittel

The limits of voluntary transparency

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is at a crossroads

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