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Development assistance
Sipho Moyo

EU scores high

2015 will shape the future of the world’s development

Trade and urbanisation
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Growing transport threatens climate

Carbon emissions from international freight will quadruple by 2050, warns OECD Transport Outlook 2015

European policy
Theresa Krinninger

Unfinished business

The EU needs to follow up on the good intentions expressed at the EU-Africa Summit in 2014

European Union
Svea Koch
Mark Furness

Challenged by complexity

Why the EU is an ODA giant but cannot translate financial leverage into real political influence

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 6 February to 13 February

Relevant reading
Niels Keijzer
Christine Hackenesch

Moving targets

Why the EU should reform the way it runs development affairs

Development finance
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Hopes and illusions

How the new BRICS bank could change international development finance

Fight against hunger
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

NGO demands stronger G7 commitment

Rich countries have to shift focus in the fight against global hunger – and pledge more funding

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 31 January to 5 February

Development studies
Henning Melber

The middle-class hype

It is doubtful, whether middle classes in developing countries are driving progress

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Poverty Reduction

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

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
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

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.

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts