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Governance

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

“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Kenya’s youth have been taking to the streets against the government for weeks. Sports student Shakira Wafula almost involuntarily became a face of the movement. In this interview, she talks about what is driving young Kenyans.

Labour market

Why small-business owners find formalisation unattractive

In Mozambique, for every person working in the formal sector, there are ten in the informal sector

Culture clash

Grave diggers burden bereaved families

While bereaved families mourn, some grave diggers in Malawi add to their woes by imposing late-payment penalties

Technology

No level playing field

Facing considerable risks, youngsters in developing countries use digital technology for recreational purposes

Urbanisation

Road to riches

To become a regional powerhouse, Tamale in Ghana needs appropriate transport infrastructure

Blog

Women in headscarves protecting India's democracy

The background of current protests against Hindu supremacism

Reconsidering social protection

Why it would make sense to have internatonal safety nets

Cross-border social protection would solve great problems, so it must be considered

Rural regions

No alternative

Air travel is expensive and environmentally harmful, but it is a necessity in South Sudan

Governance

Restricted freedom

People in Benin wonder what EU Ambassador Oliver Nette, who was sent home by their government, did wrong

Media literacy

Telling good information from bad

Guatemala’s disadvantaged children are learning to distinguish good information from misinformation, in a pioneering media outreach project

Global governance

Stand up to the White House

The Iran crisis shows that Trump’s unilateral approach to global affairs simply does not work