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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.

Elections
Ghassan Atiyaah

Elections without reconciliation

Without reconciliation, there can be no democracy in Iraq

Elections
Kean Wong

Kingmaker Web 2.0

Web 2.0 and the transformation of the public sphere in Malaysia

Elections
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff

“Observers, not diplomats”

Lessons EU election observers learned in Kenya

Capacity building
Otto C. Scharmer
Hinrich Mercker
Christine Wank

“Innovations start small”

MIT scholar defines up-to-date capacity building

Health care
Barbara Kühlen

A focus on traditional knowledge

Health care: A focus on traditional knowledge

Interview
Vinod Thomas

“Interactive results”

World Bank expert discusses limits of evaluating complex developments in quantitative terms

Relevant reading
Gero Erdmann

The power of elections

Review essay: the power of African elections

Food security
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul

Ways out of the silent tsunami

How the international community can escape food scarcity

The rule of law
Michael Nienhaus

Many women are unaware of their rights

Afghanistan’s formal and informal judicial systems

AIDS prevention
Eleonore von Bothmer

Safe sex subsidy

Conditional cash transfers in support of safe sex

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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
A brief history of Nepal’s tourism industry

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