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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...

Agriculture
Regine Andersen

An issue of survival

Landraces' plant genetic resources are crucial to human survival

Biodiversity
Erich Mies

“Evolution does not stand still”

Think globally, act locally: What InWEnt is doing to protect biodiversity

Humanitarian crisis
Linda Helfrich

Refugees in Ecuador

Refugees in Ecuador

Regional integration
Christine Bigdon
Andrea von Rauch

Networks for peace and security

Regional networks invigorate peace in Asia and Afrika

Women
Berthold Hoffmann

Solutions next door

Women entrepreneurs are cooperating across borders in South Asia and Southern Africa

Crisis management
Andrea Herbst

UN peacekeeping in need of reform

SWP expert says UN peacekeeping should be reformed because missions are overburendened

Violence against women
Susanne M. Müller

Small steps, great success

Cambodia is successfully fighting domestic violence

German development cooperation
Gudrun Kopp

“Africa must unite”

Deutschland unterstützt regionale Integration in Afrika

Comment
Katrin Radtke

After the quake

In Haiti, the state must be reconstructed, and not only buildings

Internet
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Regulating Africa’s data-highways

Internet: Rules for africa’s data highways

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