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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 ...

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

No ethics, no sustainability

Why financial stability hinges on investors taking into account environmental and social impacts

Sociology
Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Reconciling diversity and the common good

Why development requires functional differentiation and attention to the common good

Education
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Disrupted schooling

According to UNICEF, hundreds of millions of children and teenager lost access to educatin due to Covid-19 lockdowns

Sex education
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange

Keeping girls in school

Burundi is bringing into schools a traditional method of sex-education counseling for teenagers, with good early results

Informal sector
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Devastated businesses

Zambia’s informal sector has been hit hard by Covid-19 lockdown

Political systems
Praveen Jha
Praveen Jha

Fighting poverty

The comparison of India with China shows that formal democracy does not necessarily lead to more development-oriented governance

Asian giants
Praveen Jha
Praveen Jha

China is ahead of India

Statistics show that Communist China has been outperforming formally democratic India for decades

Mobile phones
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Ringing up sales

Little-known Chinese brands are taking over the smartphone market in Zambia

Civil wars
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Children in terrorist organisations

Book analyses how terrorist organisations recruit children for their cause

Syria
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Difficult reconstruction

Reconstruction in Syria - challenges and possible courses of action

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