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Governance

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

Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

ODA under attack

Populist forces in rich countries are calling development aid into question. Drastic cuts are looming in many places. Efforts are needed to improve communication and restore trust.

Op-ed views

Inclusive governance

Indian op-ed pages explain Congress triumph

CIA
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Proof of torture

Will CIA torturers go unpunished?

Focus
Prashant Bhushan

“Failing the common people”

Campaign for Judicial Accountability in India

Focus
José Fernando Arns

Enabling for change

Making the best of informal slum settlements

Environmental policy
Eva-Maria Verfürth

Setting an example

North American journalists look into renewable energy systems in Germany

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Precious common property

Global crisis hurts independent media in poor countries

Educational broadcasting
Fakir Hassen

Awards keep pouring in

How SABC’s educational radio managed the transistion from apartheid

Tax havens
Georg Stoll

“Rhetorical change”

Tax havens hurt development, says Georg Stoll of the Tax Justice Network

Media
Edward Girardet

Save lives and boost accountability

Humanitarian agencies neglect media duties in countries hit by catastrophes

Rule of law
Rubina Saigol

Pakistan’s long march

Challenges Pakistan’s rightful chief justice must rise to

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.

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
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions

Sustainability

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

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
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions