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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.

Interview
Wolfgang Heinrich

“The people are tired of war”

The reasons for Ethiopia to cooperate with Somalia’s moderate Muslim leader

Comment
Peter Bosshard

Diluted norms

Imminent dilution of the standards defined by the World Commission on Dams

Governance

Erratic justice?

Debating judicial performance in Indian PIL cases

Health care system
Anne Jung

Zimbabwe in the time of cholera

The reasons why Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic is out of control

Review
Ingar Düring
Dorothea Rischewski

Equal rights

Relevant Reading: disabilities and development

Infrastructure
Ronjon Chakrabarti
Rainer Mutschler-Burghard

Progress despite political instability

Progress made in monitoring Nepali rivers in spite of poltical turmoil

Comment
Peter Strack

Fatal politics

Fatal politics

Interview
Wolfgang Meyer

“The leadership is nervous”

China’s policy in the global finance turmoil

Comment
Bettina Marx

The peace process ends

Peace process for Palestine comes to an end

Inclusive society
Maria V. Reina

“Stigma matters a lot”

Enabling the disabled serves development in general

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