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Governance

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

Shakira Wafula
Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

“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.

Brexit
Ciarán Ó Maoláin

English populism and Scottish nationalism

What if Scottish nationalists lead their country back into the EU eventually?

Regional integration
Ciarán Ó Maoláin

Irish peace at risk

It is not obvious that Irish peace can survive the UK’s exit from the EU

Sanitation
Karim Okanla

Sinking under a wave of trash

Benin’s local governments are unprepared to deal with a serious problem of uncollected trash

Fragile statehood
Moutaz Ali
Walid Ali

Disappointment in EU leaders

European policymakers contributed to creating Libya’s security chaos

Mediterranean Sea
Moutaz Ali
Walid Ali

Defining relationship

Why Libyans have mixed feelings about the EU

European Union
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

An increasingly important ­late-comer

Historian Kiran Klaus Patel assesses why EU rose from humble beginnings to the dominant alliance in Europe

Digitalisation
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Low and high-tech applications

VENRO study shows chances and limits of digital instruments in development aid

Regional integration
Felix Haas

Borderline prosperity

Flourishing border trade is offering new opportunities in Mae Sot, Thailand, and Myawaddy, Myanmar

Migration
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Education as a central driver

Researchers analyse the reasons why people emigrate or flee

Mental health
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Removing the chains

A documentary film shows that respect for the mentally ill leads to de-demonisation

Poverty Reduction

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

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
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

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
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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”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities

Sustainability

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

“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities