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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.

Social inclusion
Jörg Döbereiner
Jörg Döbereiner

Refugees offer opportunities

There are more refugees in Uganda than in any other African country

Services
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Consumers appreciate new taxi apps in Zambia

IT is making mobility easier and cheaper in Africa, but there are downsides

Sahel region
Simone Schnabel
Antonia Witt

Peace requires strategy

Researchers advise Germany's Federal Government to draft coherent strategies crisis and conflict countries

IT industry
Eyram Tawia
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Fighting Coronavirus with a computer game

Ghanaian computer game developer Eyram Tawia on Covid-19 impacts on his business

Our view
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Pandemic lessons

Climate mitigation has positive health impacts internationally

Green transformation
Andreas Burger

Crisis as an opportunity

Crises like the Covid-19 pandemic offer opportunities for eco-friendly stimulus programmes

Sustainable development
Svenja Schulze
Svenja Schulze

The future of the planet is on the line

Sustainable development includes progess for people, climate protection and biodiversity, insists German minister

Constitutional referendum
Eva-Maria Verfürth

Why Chile needs another constitutional assembly

For the time being, the left wing-vision for Chile has not come true

Flooding
Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar

Pakistan is paying price for neglect of climate adaptation

Not having contributed much to climate change, Pakistanis suffer impacts

Global affairs
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

How Biden’s promise of America being back might come true

White House stance on both climate and democracy are of great global relevance

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