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Governance

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

Isaac Sagala

Why Kenya is on fire

For weeks, Kenya has been experiencing a wave of protests led by young people, triggered by an unpopular finance bill. No one can really say they didn’t see this coming. What is unfolding in Kenya is a lesson in what happens when the debt crisis escalates not ...

Inequality
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla

A tale of rich and poor

African income disparities hamper the growth of a middle class

Income inequality
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla

Why Africa lacks a robust middle class

African countries need major reforms for their middle classes to grow

Adult literacy
Lawrence Kilimwiko

Getting back on track

Tanzania is launching a multifaceted programme to boost adult literacy rates

Health care
Thuany Rodrigues

An over-stretched system

Brazil’s health-care system struggles to offer uniform service in the country’s poorest areas

Online forum
Rukamanee Maharjan

#DalitLivesMatterNepal

Campaigning online for Dalit rights

Growing prosperity
Homi Kharas
Aviva Freudmann

Middle-class lifestyles start with $ 10 per person and day

The middle class is expanding, particularly in developing countries

Caste-based discrimination
Rukamanee Maharjan

Nepal must do much more to protect most vulnerable community

Despite legal protections, Nepal’s Dalits suffer serious discrimination

Foreign doctors
Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

Looking for a job

Chile’s health system attracts waves of foreign doctors but many can’t find jobs

Segregation
Jakkie Cilliers

Revisiting South Africa’s segregationist past

Apartheid was a racist system designed to keep people of different skin colour “apart” in South Africa.

Rainbow nation
Jakkie Cilliers

Changing the conversation

Racial tensions haunt South Africa, impeding the country’s progress

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.

Why Kenya is on fire
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

Sustainability

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

Why Kenya is on fire
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