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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 ...

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

US president praises an extrajudicial killing

This Trump scandal deserves more attention

Chile
Rainer Schröer

An energy transformation without subsidies

Since 2014, Chile has recorded one of the world’s largest percentage expansion of renewable energies in the electricity sector

Municipal development cooperation
Gabriele Schütz-Lembach
Ulrike Devers-Kanoglu

Learning from one another

The positive effects of municipal exchange programmes

US elections
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Kleptocracy and authoritarianism

Why powerful interests still support Donald Trump

Domestic workers
Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

On the home front

Domestic workers in Chile fight for better working conditions and more respect

Entrepreneurship
Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu

Safeguarding long term viability

Entrepreneurs must consider their companies’ environmental and social impacts, but also ensure financial sustainability

Infrastructure
Farai Shawn Matiashe

Clean water in the fight against corona virus

In the fight against Covid-19, a NGO in Zimbabwe provides urban slum dwellers with hand-washing stations

Africa-Europe partnership
Bernd Bornhorst

Building bridges

VENRO is calling for more participation from local actors in the AU-EU partnership

Domestic violence
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Taking cover

Zimbabwean women are experiencing a wave of domestic violence

Our view

Fighting for democracy

The EU should do more to promote democracy around the world

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.

Modern dowry payment in Kenya
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

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