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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.

Aid Effectiveness
Piet Kleffmann

TruBudget and the Paris ­Declaration

In the field of Aid Effectiveness there is still much to do

Blockchain
Piet Kleffmann

Blockchain technology for partnerships at eye-level

A new digital platform designed by KfW facilitates transparent and secure implementation of ODA

Anti-Semitism
Benjamin Balthaser

Loving Israel and hating Jews

The anti-Semitism of Trump and Netanyahu

US politics
Jonathan Brenneman

Anti-Semitic Zionists

How Evangelicals have usurped Jewish American’s support for Israel

Elections
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange

Nkurunziza rules out running again

Burundi will hold presidential, parliamentary and municipal elections in 2020

Ethno-religious identities
Anupama Ranawana-Collie
Arjuna Ranawana

Tinged with racism

The brother of Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s former president, wants to be elected head of state and is wooing a radicalised Buddhist base

Mental health
Raphael Mweninguwe

Suicide on the rise

People who suffer from depression need better care in Malawi

Global heating
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Researchers' overwhelming evidence

Teenage climate activists are not painting apocalyptic picture of the future – scientists are

Political influence
Carlos Albuquerque

Playing with religious identity

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro won the election thanks to the votes of conservative Christians

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Common ground

World religions share important principles, including peace, justice and charity

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